Chapter 1:The Social Study of Urban Lighting
INTRODUCTION Light is a universal part of social life. All human activity takes place in some degree of light and dark, and all forms of light, whether daylight or artificial, give shape to the routine social practices through which different social groups move through social space. This is our starting premise: urban lighting provides a critical infrastructure of everyday life and interaction. This social centrality of lighting is topicalized through a range of issues: lighting involves huge economic and ecological costs; it is closely associated with matters of risk and safety, health and wellbeing; it connects with other modern urban ills ...
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