Title: Happiness and place : why life is better outside of the city /
Authors: Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cities and towns Social aspects United States.; Rural conditions.; Human beings Effect of environment on United States.; Happiness Social aspects United States.; Happiness; Sociology, Urban.; United States Social conditions.
Abstract: Happiness and Place is about places -- cities, suburbs and towns -- and happiness of people living there. Taking an interdisciplinary, approach, Okulicz-Kozaryn examines the relationship between human happiness and the infrastructure of the places they live in. The work takes the increasing urbanization of the United States as its focus, but draws on global examples, discussing the factors that attract people to live in cities and suburbs and the decreasing happiness associated with that lifestyle. Amidst the common pro-urbanism or pro-sub-urbanism, this thought-provoking book argues for the often overlooked idea that we are happiest in smaller areas.
Contents: 1. Introductory Matter -- 2. Urbanization is Here -- 3. Urban Malaise: Explorations of Problems and Dissatisfaction with City Life -- 4. Biophilia: Need for Contact With Nature -- 5. Summary, Conclusion, Discussion and Future Research.