This book is aimed at broad readership, not especially at lighting experts. Lighting is presented as a system, as part of the public highway. Much attention is paid to subjects not greatly covered in the specialist literature, such as environmental aspects, traffic safety, crime prevention, and the problems which poor lighting give especially to older and disabled drivers and other road users. The book is based on studies carried out by the author as a researcher at the Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV) in the Netherlands. There are 15 chapters: (1) introduction; (2) the lighting of public spaces; (3) fundamental issues (transport, social, legal); (4) physical aspects; (5) photometry: describing and measuring light; (6) the anatomy and physiology of the visual system; (7) the psychophysiology of the visual system; (8) the psychology of visual perception; (9) lighting recommendations, standards and guidelines; (10) road and street lighting; (11) effectiveness of public lighting; (12) efficiency of public lighting; (13) design aspects of public lighting; (14) environmental aspects; (15) tunnel lighting.
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