Night Rules

Ten Big Ideas for Governing Nightlife in the 24-Hour City
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-36668-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The first comprehensive account of how cities around the world manage what happens after dark.

Written by Lutz Leichsenring, co-founder of VibeLab and the Nighttime Foundation and a fifteen-year veteran of the Clubcommission Berlin, Night Rules draws on two decades of advocacy, research, and frontline experience across more than sixty countries.

The book traces the story from the dancefloors of 1970s New York through the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Night Mayor movement, and the global pandemic that silenced the night overnight. It examines displacement and gentrification, corporate consolidation of live music, the algorithmic enclosure of cultural life, and the generational shift reshaping who goes out and what they find when they get there. It documents what cities from Amsterdam to Nairobi, from Chengdu to Medellín have learned about governing nightlife as civic infrastructure, and what happens when they fail to.

At its core, the book argues that the night is a legitimate domain of urban governance, as consequential as transport, housing, or public health. It is where loneliness is reduced, where polarization is interrupted by proximity, and where communities form across every difference the daytime insists on maintaining. Grounded in interviews with night mayors, politicians, DJs, club operators, urban planners, and cultural advocates, the book is both an analysis of what the night produces and a demand that cities start governing it as if it matters. The book culminates in ten actionable ideas for transforming how cities govern the night. Written for urban policymakers, municipal officials, cultural planners, nightlife enthusiasts, and advocates, this book offers both a passionate defense and a practical roadmap for protecting the spaces that come alive after dark.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leichsenring, Lutz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: The Dilemma After Dark

1: Defenders of the Dark

2: The Devil's Work

3: The Great Silence

4: The Science of Creating a Vibe

5: The Architecture of Trust

6: Rise of the Night Mayor

7: Who Owns the Night?

8: Generation Opt-Out

9: The Walk Home

10: Ten Big Ideas for Nightlife

Über Autor(innen)

Lutz Leichsenring spent ten years as an event promoter and club and restaurant operator before becoming spokesperson of the Clubcommission Berlin. He is now co-founder of VibeLab and the Nighttime Foundation, advising cities and organizations across six continents. This is his first book.