# Impact of Light on Environment and Health

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/impact-of-light-on-environment-and-health-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 439,760 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the diverse impacts and applications of nighttime light data, including its use in measuring economic growth, assessing light pollution's ecological effects, predicting poverty, mapping population distribution, and monitoring urbanization dynamics. The research covers a wide range of fields such as remote sensing, environmental science, economics, and public health. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Environmental Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11963 |
| Works | 85,326 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Simon I Hay](https://scholariq.org/researchers/simon-i-hay/)
- [Xiaogang Wang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/xiaogang-wang/)
- [Philippe Ciais](https://scholariq.org/researchers/philippe-ciais/)
- [Li Fei-Fei](https://scholariq.org/researchers/li-fei-fei/)
- [Michael Bräuer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-brauer/)
- [Luc Van Gool](https://scholariq.org/researchers/luc-van-gool/)
- [Peter W. Gething](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-w-gething/)
- [Paul Elliott](https://scholariq.org/researchers/paul-elliott/)
- [A. V. Filippenko](https://scholariq.org/researchers/a-v-filippenko/)
- [David J. Schlegel](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-j-schlegel/)
- [Rüssel J. Reiter](https://scholariq.org/researchers/russel-j-reiter/)
- [David H. Weinberg](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-h-weinberg/)

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