Footprint of Delight: Exploring Sustainable Happiness
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| Keywords | built environment, Catherine O'Brien, National Center for Bicycling and Walking, Planning, urban planning, user survey |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catherine O’Brien is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education, Health & Wellness at Cape Breton University, Canada. Her research focuses on the impacts of transportation on children’s health and opportunities to improve their access to active transportation modes. She is the co-author of Child- and Youth-friendly Land-Use and Transport Planning Guidelines. Dr. O’Brien has also developed the concept of sustainable happiness and is investigating its applications for urban planning and education.
CONTACT INFO:
E-mail: catherine_obrien [at] cbu [dot] ca
Phone: 902-563-1849
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During the summer of 2005, with the support and assistance of the National Center for Bicycling and Walking, I launched the Delightful Places Survey. It was distributed electronically to our networks around the world and we the survey was closed down once we received just over 200 responses. The survey was a preliminary step toward integrating insights on happiness from positive psychology with urban planning. We were curious to learn more about what contributes to individual and public happiness in the natural and built environment. The natural environment was included in order to capture the experience of delight that these areas offer, whether or not they exist within an urban area.
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