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1.UrbanDes ignandHappi nes s:Thec ent r

alt hemeoft hebooki st heideat hatur bandes ign
Author:
CharlesMont gomery hasapr ofoundi mpactont hehappi nes sandwel l
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CountryUnitedSt ates,Canada,UK discuss eshowt hel ayout ,inf ras truct ure, anddes ignofc itiesc anei therenhanc eordi mi nish
Language:English thequal ityofl i
fef ort hei rr es ident s.
Genre:Urbanplanni ng,Nonfi
cti
on 2.TheRol eofTr ans por tati on:Mont gomer yexpl or est her oleoft ranspor tat ioni ns hapi ng
Publsher:
i Farr
ar,St rausandGiroux,Random House, cit
iesandpeopl e'sdai lyexper ienc es .Hedi scus s eshowf act or sl ikepubl ict rans it
, wal kabi li
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PenguinBooks andac ces stocyc li
ngi nfras tr uct urec ani n uenc ehappi nes sandqual i
tyofl ife.
Publi
cati
ondate: 2013 3.Communi tyandSoc ialI nt er action:Thebookdel vesi nt ot hei mpor tanc eofc ommuni t y
ands oc ialinteract ioni nur banenvi ronment s
. Itexami neshowwel l
-designedpubl i
cs pac es
andur banpl anni ngc anf os t ers oc i
alc onnect ionsandas ens eofbel ongi ngamongr esident s.
Theconceptofa"happycity"r evolvesar oundtheideaofcreat
ingurbanenvir
onment st
hat 4.Sus tai nabilityandEnvi ronment alI mpact :Mont gomer yhi ghl ight sthei mpor tanc eof
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ityi nc itydes ign. Hedi scus sest heenvi ronment ali mpactofur ban
managedinwaysthatpr
omotet hephysi cal,mental,andsoci
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s. developmentandt heneedf ormor es us tainabl epr act i
c est oc reat ehappi erandheal thier
Herearesomekeyaspectsoftheconceptofahappyci t
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5.Cultur alVibrancy:Thebookt ouc hesont her ol eofc ul ture, ar ts,andc reat ivityi nur banl if
e.
1.Qual i
tyofLi fe:Ahappyci tyseekst oenhancet heover allqual i
tyofl ifefori t
sr esident s.This Itexplor eshowc ulturalvi br ancyc ont ribut est ot heover allhappi nes sandvi tali
tyofc ities .
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ncludesf actor ssuchasaccesst ocl eanai randwat er,affordabl ehousi ng,goodheal thcar e, 6.Economi cOppor t uni ties :Mont gomer ydi sc us sest her elat ions hipbet weenec onomi c
andhi gh- qual i
tyeducat i
on.I talsoext endst ocul t
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onaloppor tunit
iest hatenr ich oppor tuni ties,empl oyment ,andur banwel l-bei ng. Heexpl or eshowc i
tiesc anc reat ej ob
people'sl ives. prospect sands uppor tec onomi cgr owt hf ort hei rr es i
dent s.
2.UrbanPl anni ng:Ef fecti
veur banpl anningpl aysacr iti
calr olei ncreat ingahappyci ty.This 7.Safet yandSec ur ity:Thebookaddr es sest hes ignic anc eofs af etyands ec urityi nur ban
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nvolvest hought fulzoni ng,transpor tati
onnet wor ks,andgr eenspacest hatencour agephysi cal design. I
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as truct ureonr esident s'
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iesforsoci ali nter action. senseofs ecurityandhappi nes s.
3.Sustai nabi lity:Ahappyci t
yt akesenvi ronment alsust ainabi l
ityser iousl y
.Itpr omot esgr een 8.Psyc hol ogyandHumanBehavi or :Mont gomer ydr awsonps yc hologi calr esear cht o
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niti
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ves,ener gyef fi
ciency ,andt heuseofr enewabl er esour cest or educet heenvi ronment al explainhowvar iousur bandes i
gnel ement sc ani n uenc ehumanbehavi or, emot ions ,and
i
mpactandensur eaheal t
hy,sust ainablef utur eforit
si nhabi tant s. well-bei ng.
4.Communi tyandSoci alInt egr ation:Bui l
dingast rongsenseofcommuni tyandsoci al 9.Cas eSt udiesandReal -Wor ldExampl es :Thr oughoutt hebook, Mont gomer ypr ovides
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ntegrat i
oni sakeyaspectofahappyci ty.Thi sincludespr omot ingsoci alequi t
y,inclusi on,and real-
wor ldexampl esandc as es tudi esf rom di ffer entc iti
esar oundt hewor ldt oi llustrat ehow
opportuni ti
esf orcivicengagement .Safeandvi brantpubl icspaces,aswel lascul turalevent s, urbandes ignpr inc i
pl eshavebeenappl iedandt hei reffect sont hehappi nes sofr esident s.
canhel pf ost erasenseofbel ongi ng. 10.TheRol eofPubl icPol icy:Thebookal sodi sc uss esther oleofpubl i
cpol icy,ur ban
5.Eff
icientTr anspor t
at ion:Ahappyci tyof tenemphasi zesef ficientandsust ainabl e planning, anddec i
sion- maki ngpr oc ess esi ns hapi ngt hedes ignofc it
iesand, byext ens ion,
tr
anspor tat i
onopt i
ons.Thi scanmeani nvest ingi npubl i
ct ransi t,cyclingi nfrastructure,and thehappi nessofc ityr esident s.
pedestrian- fri
endl yst reetst or educecongest i
on,pol l
ution,andst ressassoci atedwi thl ong
commut es. "HappyCit
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6.GreenSpaces:Accesst opar ksandgr eenspacesi scr ucialf orahappyci ty.Thesear eas betrans
formedandi mprovedtoenhanc ethewell-
bei
ngandhappi nessofthei
rinhabit
ants
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tweavestogetherresear
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7.HealthandWel l
ness:Pr omot ingphysi calandment alheal tht hroughaccessi bl
eheal t
hcare
servi
ces,heal thyl i
festyles,andcommuni typr ogramsi sanot herpi ll
arofahappyci ty.
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