ISBN:
9781000772661
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (189 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
307.76
Keywords:
Happiness
;
Cities and towns-Growth
;
Well-being
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Infrastructure, Well-being, and the Measurement of Happiness -- SECTION ONE Measuring Well-being -- 1 Building Happier Cities -- 2 The Geography of Desperation in America: Labor Force Participation, Mobility, Place, and Well-being -- 3 Racism and US Urban Planning -- SECTION TWO Happiness, Infrastructure, and Development -- 4 Realization of Human Potential in Urban Contexts: Impediments and Promoters -- 5 The Renewed Importance of Happiness as a Goal of Development -- SECTION THREE Incorporating Well-being and Happiness Metrics in Infrastructure Design -- 6 The Urban Nature Happiness Hypothesis -- 7 Cultivation: A Model for Responsive, Complex Planning to Rigorously Implement the Infrastructure of Well-being -- Conclusion: Infrastructure as a Means of Inspiring a New Future -- Index.
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