ArticleHealth & place2015
Reduced street lighting at night and health: A rapid appraisal of public views in England and Wales.
Article in Health & place, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Nighttime light extent and intensity explain the dynamics of human activity in coastal zones.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Estimating global economic well-being with unlit settlements.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Detection of County Economic Development Using LJ1-01 Nighttime Light Imagery: A Comparison with NPP-VIIRS Data.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Research on Constructing a Healing Environment for the Street Spaces of a High-Density City: Using Street Spaces in Macao's Old City Area.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The relationship between living in urban and rural areas of Scotland and children's physical activity and sedentary levels: a country-wide cross-sectional analysis.BMC public health · 2020Article
- The effect of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime in England and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analysis.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2015Article
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Abstract
Financial and carbon reduction incentives have prompted many local authorities to reduce street lighting at night. Debate on the public health implications has centred on road accidents, fear of crime and putative health gains from reduced exposure to artificial light. However, little is known about public views of the relationship between reduced street lighting and health. We undertook a rapid appraisal in eight areas of England and Wales using ethnographic data, a household survey and documentary sources. Public concern focused on road safety, fear of crime, mobility and seeing the night sky but, for the majority in areas with interventions, reductions went unnoticed. However, more private concerns tapped into deep-seated anxieties about darkness, modernity 'going backwards', and local governance. Pathways linking lighting reductions and health are mediated by place, expectations of how localities should be lit, and trust in local authorities to act in the best interests of local communities.
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