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Secrets of the world’s happiest cities: excerpt – Guardian UK
What makes a city a great place to live – your commute, property prices or good conversation? The Guardian seeks answers in this adapted excerpt from Happy City. “By designing cities in a way that...
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On the sunny side of the street
Architects love to hate Disneyland for its shameless nostalgia and fakery. But psychologists and neuroscientists are fascinated by the place. Disney and his designers showed an uncanny understanding of...
View ArticleMysteries of the empathic city
A short talk about urban experimentation, empathy and designed conviviality at Sam Sullivan’s Public Salon in Vancouver (Feb, 2014):
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What is urban experimentalism?
ex·per·i·men·tal·ism: noun 1/ reliance on or advocacy of experimental or empirical principles and procedures. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) 2/ an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation....
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Building Happiness
Whatever creates or increases happiness, or some part of happiness, we ought to do; whatever destroys or hampers happiness, or gives rise to its opposite, we ought not to do.” — Aristotle There should...
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The Urbanist Pope
If we want to save the planet, we have got to change the way we live in cities. This urgent cause requires more than peer-reviewed studies. It demands a call to action that appeals to people’s deepest...
View ArticleThe Happy City Experiment with Q Ideas
"The Happy Cities Experiment" – Omar Dominguez from Regent College on Vimeo. Omar Dominguez, Happy City’s Director of Operations and Sustainability, shared our ideas on the Happy City experiment in an...
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Groundbreaking happy streets experiment coming to Vancouver!
Around the world, city streets are being transformed into better places to walk, socialize and celebrate. People are trading dead street edges and dangerous asphalt for vibrant sidewalks, parklets and...
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Happier by design
Like many American cities, West Palm Beach is facing challenges of rapid growth, inequality, and environmental discomfort. But urban design can be part of the solution. Our research has found that...
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Infusing equity into the World Happiness Report
The 2018 Global Happiness Policy Report is out. This time, the report contains practical solutions for governments and cities interested in boosting wellbeing. We were thrilled to be asked to...
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