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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426048003321

Autore

Casciani Daria

Titolo

The human and social dimension of urban lightscapes / / Daria Casciani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-57165-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 140 p. 37 illus., 30 illus. in color.)

Collana

PoliMI SpringerBriefs, , 2282-2577

Disciplina

628.95

Soggetti

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)

Personality and Social Psychology

Urban Studies/Sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

City and sociality at night -- The human-scale urban lighting experience -- The assessment of affective, social appraisal and behaviours of human scale lighting experience -- In situ experience of the human-scale urban lightscape -- A virtual experience of the human-scale urban lightscape -- Interacting with the human-scale lightscape -- From design research to design practice of urban social lighting.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores new criteria and characteristics for integrating human psychology in the design of modern urban lighting. It identifies a new area of lighting design research and practice that focuses on the nocturnal urban experience in terms of people’s emotional, cognitive and motivational perceptions to achieve more accessible, sociable and sustainable cities. In turn, the book compares new tools and research methodologies for tackling complex issues concerning the ties between lighting, people and the city. Moreover, it presents a series of case studies to provide an in-depth understanding of the influence of urban lighting in terms of luminous atmosphere perception, positive social affect, social enhancement, accessibility and hospitability. Lastly, the book proposes a multidisciplinary qualitative and quantitative



methodology for assessing the spatial experience of outdoor lighting.