PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION OF CURRENT STANDARDS ON LIGHT POLLUTION AND NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT

摘要

People's desire for more pleasant living conditions has grown even more in recent years in Asia. However, along with sharp increase in use of night-time lighting equipment due to growth in economically active population and changes in people's lifestyles, the ill effects from light pollution have also increased. Countries around the world have come to recognize light pollution as a social problem and have been implementing their own regulation measures based on international guidelines such as CIE 150 and IDA/IES MLO. Since the enactment of "Light Pollution by Artificial Lighting Prevention Act" in 2012, numerous fact-finding studies, researches, and environmental assessments had been and are being carried out on a national level in Korea. In this study, through application of light pollution standards to current state of light pollution caused by advertisement lightings, we analysed the problems associated with light pollution's characteristics, and proposed improvement measures.