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Introduction: Trip to the city

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It is only with the benefit of light, after all, that urban spaces become accessible at night. The symbiosis of light and its surroundings plays an essential role in architecture, as well as in landscape design and urban planning.

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(2007). Introduction: Trip to the city. In: Light for Cities. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8263-6_1

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