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Labuda, M., Pavličková, K., Števová, J. |
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Dark Sky Parks – new impulse for nature tourism development in protected areas (National Park Muranska Planina, Slovakia) |
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2016 |
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e-Review of Tourism Research |
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13 |
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5/6 |
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536-549 |
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Society; tourism; astrotourism; sustainable tourism; dark sky parks |
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Dark Sky Parks are one of important measures to support nature tourism in the protected
areas. In this paper, we introduce the concept of astro-tourism on the model area of National Park Muranska Planina (Slovakia), which should lead to the establishment of Dark Sky Park and the implementation of measures focused on dark sky protection, i.e. the elimination of light pollution over model area. The concept includes the measurement of night sky brightness, the selection of suitable observational sites and lighting plan. It is very important from the view of ecology, e.g. by the protection of night animal species. On the other hand, these characteristics can be fully used in new tourism concept in that protected area. |
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Department of Landscape Ecology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; mlabuda(at)fns.uniba.sk, |
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Lima, R.C.; da Cunhac, J.P.; Peixinho, N. |
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Light Pollution: Assessment of Sky Glow on two Dark Sky Regions of Portugal |
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2016 |
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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues |
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J Toxicol Environm Health |
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Skyglow; Portugal; Peneda-Gerês National Park; Alqueva |
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Artificial light at night (ALAN), producing light pollution (LP), is not a matter restricted to astronomy anymore. Light is part of modern societies and, as a consequence, the natural cycle day–night (bright–dark) has been interrupted in a large segment of the global population. There is increasing evidence that exposure to certain types of light at night and beyond threshold levels may produce hazardous effects to humans and the environment. The concept of “dark skies reserves†is a step forward in order to preserve the night sky and a means of enhancing public awareness of the problem of spread of light pollution worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the skyglow at two sites in Portugal, the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PNPG) and the region now known as Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve. The latter site was classified as a “Starlight Tourism Destination“ by the Starlight Foundation (the first in the world to achieve this classification) following a series of night sky measurements in situ described herein. The measurements at PNPG also contributed to the new set of regulations concerning light pollution at this national park. This study presents the first in situ systematic measurements of night sky brightness, showing that at the two sites the skies are mostly in levels 3 to 4 of the Bortle 9-level scale (with level 1 being the best achievable). The results indicate that the sources of light pollution and skyglow can be attributed predominantly to contamination from nearby urban regions. |
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Physics, School of Allied Health Technologies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal; |
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Zielinska-Dabkowska, K.M. |
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Night in a big city. Light festivals as a creative medium used at night and their impact on the authority, significance and prestige of a city |
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2016 |
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The Role of Cultural Institutions and Events in the Marketing of Cities and Regions |
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Brüning A., Hölker, F., Franke, S., Preuer, T., Kloas, W. |
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Impact of different colours of artificial light at night on melatonin rhythm and gene expression of gonadotropins in European perch |
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Zamorano, J.; Sánchez de Miguel, A.; Ocaña, F.; Pila-Diez, B.; Gómez Castaño, J.; Pascual, S.; Tapia, C.; Gallego, J.; Fernandez, A.; Nievas, M. |
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Testing sky brightness models against radial dependency: a dense two dimensional survey around the city of Madrid, Spain |
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2016 |
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Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer |
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Skyglow; measurements; light pollution; artificial light at night; modeling; Madrid; Spain |
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We present a study of the night sky brightness around the extended metropolitan area of Madrid using Sky Quality Meter (SQM) photometers. The map is the first to cover the spatial distribution of the sky brightness in the center of the Iberian peninsula. These surveys are neccessary to test the light pollution models that predict night sky brightness as a function of the location and brightness of the sources of light pollution and the scattering of light in the atmosphere. We describe the data-retrieval methodology, which includes an automated procedure to measure from a moving vehicle in order to speed up the data collection, providing a denser and wider survey than previous works with similar time frames. We compare the night sky brightness map to the nocturnal radiance measured from space by the DMSP satellite. We find that i) a single source model is not enough to explain the radial evolution of the night sky brightness, despite the predominance of Madrid in size and population, and ii) that the orography of the region should be taken into account when deriving geo-specific models from general first-principles models. We show the tight relationship between these two luminance measures. This finding sets up an alternative roadmap to extended studies over the globe that will not require the local deployment of photometers or trained personnel. |
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Dept. Astrof´ısica y CC. de la Atm´osfera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain |
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