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Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Author/EditorDavoudian, Navaz (Author)
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
ISBN: 9781859468210
Pub Date01/03/2019
BindingHardback
Pages208
Dimensions (mm)215(h) * 196(w)
An essential guide that illuminates the way for evidence-based urban lighting
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Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.
This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers' own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.

Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.
This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers' own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.

Navaz Davoudian is a senior researcher at UCL's Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering. Navaz studied architecture and received her PhD in Urban lighting from the University of Sheffield. She has more than 14 years' experience in lighting research, and first authored over 20 academic papers. She also teaches lighting modules to MSc students in Light and Lighting at UCL and runs consultation projects with lighting industry and practices. Navaz's main expertise is urban lighting and the interaction of people with the lit environment. Navaz has been a regular speaker at lighting related events over the past few years and presented at a wide array of lectures, conferences and seminars on lighting.

Part 1: Night, City, Society Chapter 1: The Social Study of Urban Lighting by Dr Elettra Bordonaro, Dr Don Slater and Dr Joanne Entwistle Chapter 2: Urban Lighting Masterplan - Definitions, Methodologies, Collaboration By Dr Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska Chapter 3: Older People and Urban Lighting by Dr Navaz Davoudian Part 2: Exploring the Night City Chapter 4: Lighting for Reassurance by Dr Jemima Unwin Chapter 5: Wayfinding and the Hierarchy of Urban Elements at Night By Dr Navaz Davoudian Chapter 6: The Interaction of People, Light and Public Space: The Changing Role of Light by Isabel Kelly & Dr Navaz Davoudian Part 3: Lighting Practitioners' Post Evaluation Chapter 7: Learned Lessons from Design Projects by Dan Lister & Emily Dufner

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