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Light Pollution Handbook

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This chapter gives the summary of the recommendations about photometric and geometric requirements to restrict the negative effects of light pollution, as well as the counter-measures that are available at present or in the near future to put in effect these requirements. It should be stressed that the recommendations given in this Chapter, usually are in broad agreement with those of CIE, either in report or in draft form. Some of the data are based on the draft recommendations prepared in the Netherlands. This draft is prepared to supplement, and in part replace the first part of these general rules.

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Narisada, K., Schreuder, D. (2004). Recommendations. In: Light Pollution Handbook. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 322. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2666-9_7

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