Further Reading

  • Avery, D.The Proper Use of Light Therapy – Directions in Psychiatry, vol. 19, 1999
  • Bogard, P.The End of Night – Fourth Estate (4 July 2013)
  • Bogard, P.Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark – Reno, University of Nevada 2008
  • Bower, J.: The Dark Side of Light – Audubon Magazine, March-April 2000 
  • Commission for Dark Skies: Blinded by the Light? A Handbook on Light Pollution – Order via www.britastro.org/dark-skies
  • Coren, S.Sleep Thieves: an Eye-opening Exploration into the Science and Mysteries of Sleep – Free Press, 1996 (ISBN 0-684-82304-7) (in IDA information sheet 108)
  • CPRE: Many useful downloads on the CPRE website, http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/countryside/dark-skiesincluding
    • CPRE: CPRE and CfDS lighting nuisance survey 2009/10
    • CPRE: Shedding Light, A survey of local authority approaches in England
  • Crow, D.The Story of Light – The Lighting Journal, January-February 1999
  • Harris, J.Lighting the Queen’s Highway – The Lighting Journal, December 1993
  • Henbest, N.: Save Our Skies – New Scientist, February 1989
  • Isobe, S./Environment Agency of JapanGuidelines for Light Pollution: Aiming for Good Lighting Environments (1998)
  • Jewkes, P.Light Pollution: a Review of the Law – Journal of Planning and Environment Law, January 1998 
  • Light Pollution and the Law: What Can You Do? – Journal of the British Astronomical Association, October 1998
  • Lockley, S.Human health implications of light pollution in Blinded by The Light?, CfDS 2009
  • Macfarlane, R.The Wild Places – Granta, 2007
  • Meier et al.Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society
  • Mizon, B.Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies 2nd edition. 2012. (ISBN 978-1-4614-3821-2) Springer. Available from CfDS: Tel: 01202 887084
  • Mizon, B.Finding a Million-Star Hotel. (Springer 2016). Available from CfDS: Tel: 01202 887084
  • Morgan-Taylor, M.Exterior Lighting as a Statutory Nuisance, (with Professor David Hughes), [2005] J.P.L.1131-1144
  • Morgan-Taylor, M.“And God Divided the Light From the Darkness”: Has Humanity Mixed Them Up Again?Environmental Law and Management, January-February 1997
  • Pollard, N.Skyglow Conscious Lighting Design – International Journal of Lighting Research and Technology, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1994 
  • Purves, L.Light Pollution section in Town and Country (eds. Barnett A. and Scruton R.) Cape, 1998 (ISBN 0-22-405-2500)
  • Ramsey, M. and Newton, R.The Influence of Street Lighting on Crime and Fear of Crime Home Office Crime Prevention Unit papers 28 and 29, 1991
  • Ratledge, D. (ed.)The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy Springer 
  • Parliamentary Science and Technology Select CommitteeReport on Light Pollution (2003)
  • Rich, C. and Longcore, T.Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. Island Press, 2006. (ISBN 1-55963-128-7)
  • Royal Commission on Environmental PollutionArtificial Light in the Environment(2009) – download from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/artificial-light-in-the-environment
  • Sherman, L., Gottfredson, D., MacKenzie, D., Eck, J., Reuter, P. and Bushway, S. – Preventing crime: What works, what doesn’t, what’s promising. A report to the United States Congress. Prepared for the National Institute of Justice. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland at College Park, 1997.
  • Simpson, M.Social Factors Behind the Development Of Outdoor Lighting – The Lighting Journal, June-July 1995

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