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The history of light goes back a long way. Initially, light was only available in the form of fire, which was an uncontrollable and dangerous element at night. Burning light became safer over thousands of years through the development of candles, oil lamps and gas lamps, but the luminous efficacy was very low. As a result, the large-scale illumination of interior and exterior spaces was associated with a considerable cost factor, which is why for a long time only particularly important buildings and streets were illuminated (cf. Descottes and Ramos 2011).
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Goronczy, E.E. (2021). Introductory Remarks. In: Light Pollution in Metropolises. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29723-7_1
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