Mapping lightscapes: spatial patterning of artificial lighting in an urban landscape.

ABSTRACT: Artificial lighting is strongly associated with urbanisation and is increasing in its extent, brightness and spectral range. Changes in urban lighting have both positive and negative effects on city performance, yet little is known about how its character and magnitude vary across the urban landscape. A major barrier to related research, planning and governance has been the lack of lighting data at the city extent, particularly at a fine spatial resolution. Our aims were therefore to capture such data using aerial night photography and to undertake a case study of urban lighting. We present the finest scale multi-spectral lighting dataset available for an entire city and explore how lighting metrics vary with built density and land-use. We found positive relationships between artificial li

SUBMITTER: Hale JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3646000 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature