AUD Library Catalog

Image from Google Jackets
Normal view MARC view

Happy city : transforming our lives through urban design / Charles Montgomery.

By: Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 358 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374534882
  • 0374534888
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT 166 .M5865 2014
Contents:
The mayor of Happy -- The city has always been a happiness project -- The (broken) social scene -- How we got here -- Getting it wrong -- How to be closer -- Convivialities -- Mobilicities I: how moving feels, and why it does not feel better -- Mobilicities II: freedom -- Who is the city for? -- Everything is connected to everything else -- Retrofitting sprawl -- Save your city, save yourself -- Epilogue: the beginning.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection HT 166 .M5865 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C20031639

Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-355).

The mayor of Happy -- The city has always been a happiness project -- The (broken) social scene -- How we got here -- Getting it wrong -- How to be closer -- Convivialities -- Mobilicities I: how moving feels, and why it does not feel better -- Mobilicities II: freedom -- Who is the city for? -- Everything is connected to everything else -- Retrofitting sprawl -- Save your city, save yourself -- Epilogue: the beginning.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
  • Monday - Friday
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday - Sunday
  • Closed
  • Phone: +971 431 83183
  • Email: Library@aud.edu
  • Address: Sheikh Zayed Road -- P.O. Box 28282, Dubai, AE
  • Map & Directions