Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design / Charles Montgomery.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2015Description: 400 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text, still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780141047546
- 0141047542
- 307.1216 M768 2015 23
- Odg
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| English Book | TUWAIQ | 307.1216 M768 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1000000029183 |
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Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- 9. Mobilicities II -- 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.
"What really makes a good place to live? Journeying around the world from Copenhagen to Bogot�, Charles Montgomery shows that living in densely populated cities can actually make us healthier, saner and happier people. Happy City will change the way you feel about urban life."--Back cover.
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