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Controlling Light Pollution in Chile: A Status Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Malcolm G. Smith
Malcolm G. Smith*
Affiliation:
AURA/Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, La Serena, Chile

Abstract

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A basic-level summary is provided of work since late 1993 to control light pollution in Chile. The purpose of this article is to stimulate such work inside Chile and to promote good lighting in developing countries in general. Chile is selected as the case study because of its critical importance to optical and radio astronomy, and the related economic and cultural benefits for Chile and the world. Examples are presented in some detail in order to illustrate adjustments that have been made to accommodate local scientific, cultural and economic realities and to show that it is necessary to anticipate the issues involved in controlling light pollution several decades before it would otherwise become a problem. It is hoped that international organizations such as the IAU, the IDA and the CIE can soon promote programmes in Chile that can serve as pilot programmes for other parts of the developing world.

Type
Part 2. Threats to Optical Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 196: Preserving the Astronomical Sky , 2001 , pp. 39 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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