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Study on risk level measurement and intervention policy of light pollution

Kun Lu * 1 , Han Kong 2 , Xiyu Huang 3
1 Geely College
2 Geely College
3 Geely College

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Theoretical and Natural Science, Vol. 7, 72-85
Published 09 October 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation Kun Lu, Han Kong, Xiyu Huang. Study on risk level measurement and intervention policy of light pollution. TNS (2023) Vol. 7: 72-85. DOI: 10.54254/2753-8818/7/20230116.

Abstract

Light pollution is closely related to human life, not only affecting the human experience of viewing the landscape at night, but also affecting the natural light and dark pattern of the ecosystem, resulting in the destruction of the ecosystem, and even causing potential impacts across a range of spatial and temporal scales. In view of the above problems, this paper puts forward the research on the measurement of light pollution risk level and makes relevant intervention strategies to reduce the influence of light pollution. Firstly, the light pollution risk levels in different regions were compared by establishing a model to indirectly quantify the light pollution risk level (LPRM) and using satellite remote sensing images to calculate the luminous flux scale. Then, the index system model (LPRI) of light pollution risk level was established, and the entropy weight method was used to evaluate the weight of each index, and the intervention policy was formulated. All in all, the LPRM model in this paper can roughly measure the level of light pollution risk in a region, and the proposal of this research topic can provide a reference idea for the governments of various countries to issue laws in the future.

Keywords

Light pollution, Intervention strategy, LPRM Model, Entropy weight method, LPRI model

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Data Availability

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Environmental Geoscience and Earth Ecology
ISBN (Print)
978-1-83558-015-8
ISBN (Online)
978-1-83558-016-5
Published Date
09 October 2023
Series
Theoretical and Natural Science
ISSN (Print)
2753-8818
ISSN (Online)
2753-8826
DOI
10.54254/2753-8818/7/20230116
Copyright
09 October 2023
Open Access
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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