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What really makes a good place to live? Journeying around the world from Copenhagen to Bogotá, Charles Montgomery shows that living in densely-populated cities can actually make us healthier, saner and happier people.Happy Citywill change the way you think about urban life. 'Eye-opening, pleasurable, utterly necessary.' Andrew Blum, author ofTubes 'Admirable, readable, stimulating. It raises issues most of us have avoided for too long.' Alan Ehrenhalt, The New York Times 'Excellent . . . a castigating argument for planning urban spaces around the thing they effect the most: people.' Will Dean,Independent 'Rare wit and erudition about the psychology of urban life. A wake-up call.' Nicholas Humphrey, author ofA History of the Mind
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Happy City, Charles Montgomery
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Happy City
- Subtitle
- Transforming our lives through urban design
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charles Montgomery
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0141047542
- ISBN13
- 9780141047546
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Architecture, Architecture & Urbanism, Cities, Urbanism, Urbanization
- Rating
- 4.4 out of 5
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- What really makes a good place to live? Journeying around the world from Copenhagen to Bogotá, Charles Montgomery shows that living in densely-populated cities can actually make us healthier, saner and happier people.Happy Citywill change the way you think about urban life. 'Eye-opening, pleasurable, utterly necessary.' Andrew Blum, author ofTubes 'Admirable, readable, stimulating. It raises issues most of us have avoided for too long.' Alan Ehrenhalt, The New York Times 'Excellent . . . a castigating argument for planning urban spaces around the thing they effect the most: people.' Will Dean,Independent 'Rare wit and erudition about the psychology of urban life. A wake-up call.' Nicholas Humphrey, author ofA History of the Mind