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Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design / Charles Montgomery.
"More of us than ever are moving to inner cities, mixed-use suburbs, and densely constructed towns. Our surroundings have certainly changed--but is city living cheering us up, or are we as gloomy on our walks to the subway as we were on our long predawn commutes? And if that's the case, how can we turn things around? In breezy, vivid prose, Montgomery reports from such exciting and dysfunctional places as Bogotá, once a dangerous, car-obsessed city, now a bike-loving model of civic excellence; California's San Joaquin Valley in the apocalyptic aftermath of the housing crisis; and a suburb of Vancouver, where a power company gathers energy from sewage to provide its citizens with heat and hot water. Full of cutting-edge insights from behavioral economists and leading urban thinkers, Happy City offers a completely new way to examine city life, showing us how small innovations can radically improve our experiences."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385669146
- ISBN: 0385669143
- Physical Description: 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: Anchor Canada edition.
- Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario?] : Anchor Canada, c2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-355) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | City planning > Psychological aspects. Urban beautification > Psychological aspects. City dwellers > Psychology. Environmental psychology. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | 307.1 MON (Text) | 33123009417388 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
