Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station

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Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station. / Hvass, Mette; Waltorp, Karen; Hansen, Ellen Kathrine.

Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces. ed. / Shanti Sumartojo. Taylor and Francis/Routledge, 2022. p. 151-172.

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Harvard

Hvass, M, Waltorp, K & Hansen, EK 2022, Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station. in S Sumartojo (ed.), Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces. Taylor and Francis/Routledge, pp. 151-172. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003182610-8

APA

Hvass, M., Waltorp, K., & Hansen, E. K. (2022). Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station. In S. Sumartojo (Ed.), Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces (pp. 151-172). Taylor and Francis/Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003182610-8

Vancouver

Hvass M, Waltorp K, Hansen EK. Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station. In Sumartojo S, editor, Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces. Taylor and Francis/Routledge. 2022. p. 151-172 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003182610-8

Author

Hvass, Mette ; Waltorp, Karen ; Hansen, Ellen Kathrine. / Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station. Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces. editor / Shanti Sumartojo. Taylor and Francis/Routledge, 2022. pp. 151-172

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