Overview
- This new edition presents the many developments in the field over the past few years, including anti-light pollution legislation in various countries and new departures in lighting design
- Discusses the ways artificial light has impacted modern life and suggests the latest proposed solutions, especially inexpensive and practical solutions
- Explains the various issues and problems of wasted artificial light
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Piercing the Veil: Techniques and Targets
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Front Matter
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Dark Future?
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In this title, author Bob Mizon discusses the various ways in which wasted artificial light has damaged the quality of modern life, and suggest solutions. This book is for anyone who has experienced glare, discomfort, or nuisance from poorly directed lights; has wondered why we waste so much money lighting the sky; or anyone who simply wants to see the stars instead of a baleful urban glow.
"Light Pollution, 2nd Edition" offers practical and inexpensive solutions to the world-wide problem of wasted artificial light, and emphasizes that light pollution is not just an astronomers' problem, but affects everyone in various ways.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Light Pollution
Book Subtitle: Responses and Remedies
Authors: Bob Mizon
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3822-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3821-2Published: 23 June 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3822-9Published: 22 June 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 282
Number of Illustrations: 123 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Energy Policy, Economics and Management