Light pollution:  Why should we care?

Salvador Bará

doi:10.1117/12.2063547

22 August 2014 Light pollution: Why should we care?

Salvador Bará

Proceedings Volume 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 92862X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063547
Event: Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2014, Aveiro, Portugal

Abstract

The historical development of lighting technologies has been characterized by what evolution theorists call 'punctuated equilibrium': a succession of long periods of stable development followed by short periods of rapid change when key technological breakthroughs give rise to new lighting paradigms. Nowadays with the massive deployment of LED-based solid state lighting systems the illumination field is undergoing one of such accelerated transformation events. In parallel, a growing body of research has unveiled some of the complex interactions between the daily cycles of light and darkness and the regulating mechanisms of individuals, populations and ecosystems, including humans. This communication addresses some of the challenges that this new situation poses for the development of sustainable lighting systems.

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Salvador Bará "Light pollution: Why should we care?", Proc. SPIE 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 92862X (22 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063547

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