Montgomery, Charles H., 1968-

Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design / Charles Montgomery. - 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-355).

1. The mayor of Happy 2. The city has always been a happiness project 3. The Broken Social Scene. 4. How We Got Here. 5. Getting It Wrong. 6. How to Be Closer. 7. Convivialities. 8. Mobilicities I: How Moving Feels, and Why It Does Not Feel Better. 9. Mobilicities II: Freedom. 10. Who Is the City For? 11. Everything Is Connected to Everything Else. 12. Retrofitting Sprawl. 13. Save Your City, Save Yourself Epilogue: The Beginning.

"A journalist travels the world and investigates current socioeconomic theories of happiness to discover why most modern cities are designed to make us miserable, what we can do to change this, and why we have more to learn from poor cities than from prosperous ones"--

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City planning--Psychological aspects
Urban beautification
City dwellers--Psychological aspects
Environmental psychology

HT166 / .M5865 2014