Happiness and place : why life is better outside of the city /: why life is better outside of the city. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Happiness and place : why life is better outside of the city /: why life is better outside of the city. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Happiness and place : why life is better outside of the city
- 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.
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- 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).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.380999
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