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Aim and purpose of outdoor lighting

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Outdoor lighting is defined as the fixed artificial lighting to illuminate the areas, where there are no roofs, i.e., outdoor areas. The aim of the outdoor lighting is, by illuminating the area, to maintain or to improve visual performance of the persons conducting human activities. The visual performance is defined as the speed and accuracy with which visual task is performed. Visual task is the task of seeing the objects that are relevant to the task.

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Narisada, K., Schreuder, D. (2004). Aim and purpose of outdoor lighting. In: Light Pollution Handbook. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 322. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2666-9_2

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