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Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design, Charles Montgomery

Creator
Author
Summary
"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"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
358 pages
Contents
  • Mobilicities II: freedom
  • Who is the city for?
  • Everything is connected to everything else
  • Retrofitting sprawl
  • Save your city, save yourself
  • Epilogue: the beginning
  • The mayor of Happy
  • The city has always been a happiness project
  • The (broken) social scene
  • How we got here
  • Getting it wrong
  • How to be closer
  • Convivialities
  • Mobilicities I: how moving feels, and why it does not feel better
Isbn
9780374534882
Instance
Label
Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design
Title
Happy city
Title remainder
transforming our lives through urban design
Statement of responsibility
Charles Montgomery
Title variation
Transforming our lives through urban design
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
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1968-
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Montgomery, Charles
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • City planning
  • Urban beautification
  • City dwellers
  • Environmental psychology
  • Urban health
  • City dwellers
  • Urbanization
  • Urban renewal
  • Environmental health
  • Urban Health
  • Urban Population
  • Urbanization
  • Urban Renewal
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Citadins
  • Psychologie de l'environnement
  • Santé urbaine
  • Citadins
  • Urbanisation
  • Rénovation urbaine
  • Hygiène du milieu
  • environmental psychology
  • urbanization
  • urban renewal
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • City planning
  • Urban beautification
  • City dwellers
  • Environmental psychology
  • Urbanization
  • Urban renewal
  • Urban health
  • Environmental health
  • City dwellers
  • City planning
  • Environmental psychology
  • Urban beautification
  • City planning
  • Urban beautification
  • City dwellers
  • Environmental psychology
  • Stadsplanering
Label
Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design, Charles Montgomery
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Mobilicities II: freedom
  • Who is the city for?
  • Everything is connected to everything else
  • Retrofitting sprawl
  • Save your city, save yourself
  • Epilogue: the beginning
  • The mayor of Happy
  • The city has always been a happiness project
  • The (broken) social scene
  • How we got here
  • Getting it wrong
  • How to be closer
  • Convivialities
  • Mobilicities I: how moving feels, and why it does not feel better
Control code
812252801
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
358 pages
Isbn
9780374534882
Lccn
2013022587
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)812252801
Label
Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design, Charles Montgomery
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Mobilicities II: freedom
  • Who is the city for?
  • Everything is connected to everything else
  • Retrofitting sprawl
  • Save your city, save yourself
  • Epilogue: the beginning
  • The mayor of Happy
  • The city has always been a happiness project
  • The (broken) social scene
  • How we got here
  • Getting it wrong
  • How to be closer
  • Convivialities
  • Mobilicities I: how moving feels, and why it does not feel better
Control code
812252801
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
358 pages
Isbn
9780374534882
Lccn
2013022587
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)812252801

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