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The Transactions P of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers

Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering

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Title Current States Investigation and Reduction Method Proposal for the Light Pollution Improvement of Chungbuk Area
Authors 김수환(Kim, Soo-Hwan) ; 최규완(Choi, Kyu-Wan) ; 박민규(Park, Min-Gyu) ; 문종필(Moon, Jong-Fil) ; 지평식(Ji, Pyeong-Shik)
DOI https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEEP.2015.64.3.153
Page pp.153-158
ISSN 1229-800X
Keywords Light pollution ; Current states Investigation ; Reduction proposal
Abstract Lights from cities have been a grateful outcome of industrialization and a barometer of how developed the city is. However, indiscriminate exposure to artificial lights caused displeasure to people, ecological crisis to the nature, and overuse of energy. for example, excessive light is cause serious diseases such as sleep disorders, cancer in human, declining populations caused by reducing the ability to reproduce for animals and Plant yield is reduced. Therefore, each local governments have came up with ordinances in accordance with the law "Light Pollution Prevention Act". Accordingly, we've analyzed current Chungcheongbuk-do's current states investigation and reduction method proposed for the light pollution act.