Light Pollution: The Global View - Softcover

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Discurso/Speech by Representante CONAMA.- Global Monitoring of the Night Sky Brightness by Satellites and the State of the Night Sky in Chile.- Modelling Night Sky Brightness at Sites from DSMP Satellite Data.- The Growth of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness over North America in the Period 1947-2000: A Preliminary Picture.- Preserving our Nighttime Environment: A Global Approach.- Protecting the Skies of Northern Chile.- The Photometry Laboratory at the UCV and the Light Pollution Regulations in Chile.- The Law of the Heavens of the Canaries.- Protection of Mauna Kea and Haleakala Observatories rom Light Pollution.- The IAU's Effort to Control Light Pollution.- Lighting in the Countryside.- International Schools Education Networks for ight Pollution Control.- Precise Evaluation of Upward Flux from Outdoor Lighting Installations Applied to the Case of Roadway Lighting.- Lighting for a Secure and Safe Night-Time Environment.- Preserving the Night Sky at McDonald Observatory.- Sky Background at ESO - La Silla in the Visible and Near IR.- The Tololo All-Sky CAmera - TASCA.- Increasing the Chilean Awareness of Dark-Sky Preservation.- Research of the Impact of Lighting on nvironment and Humans.- Sports Lighting that Protects the Dark Sky.- Radio Quiet Zones.- Aircraft Contrail Pollution.- Advertising from Space: A Real Danger?.- Obtrusive space advertising and astronomical research.- How many Stars do we still See.- Light Pollution as a Policy Tool.

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