The urban night, a complex space-time between opportunities and inequalities
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14428/emulations.033.01Keywords:
urban night, night practices, inequalities, urban conflictsAbstract
The appropriation of the urban night by economic, social and cultural activi- ties has experienced an unprecedented acceleration in the 20th century. The growing interest of the social sciences in this research object has produced a vast knowledge on the dynamics that characterize the evolution of the nighttime in different parts of the globe. This introduction highlights the need to continue exploring this complex space- time. This issue brings together contributions from different disciplines and focus on various geographic regions, thus making it possible to explore global trends and local specificities which (re)configure the urban night in the contemporary city. These contri- butions are presented and articulated in four axes: differentiated places and uses of nocturnal practices, attractiveness and conflicts, nocturnal inequalities, methodology of night surveys.