by
Tan, Khee Giap.
Call Number
307.764
Publication Date
2012
Summary
This unique volume aims to provide a first comprehensive assessment on attributes, conditions and characters which constitute a liveable city. The book posits that the degree of liveability depends on five themes: satisfaction with the freedom from want.
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5.7829
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by
Cybriwsky, Roman A., author.
Call Number
306 23
Publication Date
2016
Summary
"An authoritative, comprehensive, and highly accessible assessment of the happiest and least happy countries and cities in the world, as well as of the happiest and least happy cities and states in the United States. Supplies insightful and interesting information about all of the most contented and least contented countries and cities around the globe -- and the factors that make the people who live in these places notably happy or discontented. Examines and explains the complexity of happiness and contentment as they apply to specific places and regions in the world. Synthesizes and evaluates the maze of existing rankings of cities and countries in the world with fresh and original information to produce a novel assessment of the geography of global happiness. Presents information about cities and countries in all parts of the world fairly and in both positive and negative lights."--Publisher's description
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Electronic Resources
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2.0838
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