Main entry:

Montgomery, Charles, 1968- author.

Title & Author:

Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design / Charles Montgomery.

Publication:

Toronto : Doubleday Canada, [2013]
©2013

Description:

358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- Mobilicities II: Freedom -- Who Is the City For? -- Everything Is Connected to Everything Else -- Retrofitting Sprawl -- Save Your City, Save Yourself -- The Beginning.

Summary:

Rich with new insights from psychology, neuroscience, and Charles Montgomery's own urban experiments, Happy city reveals how our cities can shape our thoughts as well as our behavior. The message is as surprising as it is hopeful: by retrofitting cities and our own lives for happiness, we can tackle the urgent challenges of our age. The happy city can save the world--and all of us can help build it.

ISBN:

0385669127 (cloth)
9780385669122 (cloth)
1846143209 (Paper)
9781846143205 (Paper)
0374168237 (Cloth)
9780374168230 (Cloth)
9780385669146 (softcover)
0385669143

Subject:

City planning Psychological aspects.
Urban beautification Psychological aspects.
City dwellers Psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Environmental Psychology
Citadins Psychologie.
Psychologie de l'environnement.
environmental psychology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284603
Call No.: BIB 223664
Status: Available