Mapping Lightscapes: Spatial Patterning of Artificial Lighting in an Urban Landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hale, James D ^a   Davies, Gemma ^b   Fairbrass, Alison J ^c   Matthews, Thomas J ^d   Rogers, Christopher D F ^a   Sadler, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOUSING; ILLUMINATION; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; LIGHT POLLUTION; LUMINANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84877100342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061460     Document Type: Article

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