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Research Article

The built-up environment modulates the association of artificial night-time lights with the urban extent

Nataliya Rybnikovaa Department of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;b Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sviatoslav Rybnikovc Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, IsraelORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9288-8777
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Dani Broitmana Department of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-4898
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Pages 3801-3814 | Received 26 Feb 2023, Accepted 14 Jun 2023, Published online: 10 Jul 2023

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