Happiness and Place Why Life Is Better Outside of the City [Hardcover]

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.

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

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.