Happiness and Place

Why Life Is Better Outside of the City
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-43632-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2814 g

This book is about places - cities, suburbs and towns - and happiness of people living there. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Okulicz-Kozaryn examines the relations between human happiness and the infrastructure of the places they live. This thought-provoking book argues for the overlooked idea that we are happiest in smaller areas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, born in Poland, is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University, Camden Campus, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, in 2008. His work has covered a variety of topics: income inequality, consumption, preferences for redistribution, urban and rural issues, cultural economics, values, religion, and happiness. He is also interested in information technology and computational social science: automation, data mining, data management and text processing.