Happiness and place : why life is better outside of the city /: why life is better outside of the city. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn.
• Authors: Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam
• Contents: Cover; Half-Title; Tltle; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introductory Matter; 1.1 Naming conventions; 1.2 Happiness defined; 1.3 Brief summary: key points; 1.4 Background; 1.5 Introduction; 2 Urbanization Is Here; 2.1 Why? Why people flock to metros, or are they forced by dark economic forces?; 2.2 Size fetish, size is power, proud cities; 2.3 The forgotten optimal size of a place; 2.4 City's bright side: freedom; 2.5 Glaeser's latest book: triumph of the city that is not (countering common pro-urbanism); 3 Urban Malaise: Explorations of Problems and Dissatisfaction with City Life. 3.1 Gemeinschaft (not city) vs Gesellschaft (city): inequality, a critique of capitalism, back to Marx3.2 City is unnatural, city is contradictory, success kills affordability and authenticity; 3.3 Observing city life; 3.4 Quantitative evidence, the largest and densest cities are least happy, even ``best'' or successful cities are unhappy; 4 Biophilia: Need for Contact with Nature; 4.1 We are not made for cities; 4.2 The more nature, the less material possessions; 4.3 Suburban sprawl as a mistaken solution; 5 Summary, Conclusion, Discussion and Future Research; 5.1 Too many people. 5.2 Too much consumption5.3 Solutions. Policy?; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.760973; Cities and towns -- Social aspects -- United States; Rural conditions; Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States; Happiness -- Social aspects -- United States; Sociology/Urban; Sociology/Rural; Human Geography; Social & cultural anthropology; Population & demography; Human geography; Cities and towns -- Social aspects; Happiness -- Social aspects; Human beings -- Effect of environment on; Rural conditions; Social conditions; United States -- Social conditions; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137436344; 1137436344; 9781137436337; 1137436336; 9781349562398; 1349562394
• Related ISBNs: 9781137436320
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.