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Happiness index—a tool for urban planning
Published in Sheela Evangeline, M.R. Rajkumar, Saritha G. Parambath, Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanics and Management, 2019
N.V. Aiswarya, Ranjini T. Bhattathiripad
Significantly World Happiness Report (2012) concludes that it makes sense to pursue policies to raise the public’s happiness as much as it does to raise the public’s national income. Viewed from the perspective of planning, we have to understand where the level of happiness among people attains its sufficiency and also where it is lacking. From this analysis, we can make an assessment on how we can spatially incorporate the needs of people that can bring a change in their level of happiness. As an urban planner, two main responsibilities are 1) planning interventions that are incorporated must be able to sustain the happiness level of those who are happy and 2) increase the level of happiness of those who are unhappy. So these parameters can be considered as a base to find out the happiness among people. In a nutshell our main strategy should be to focus on the four pillars of GNH by adopting appropriate tactics wherever necessary culminating in the happiness of people in our country. This would eventually lead to a stronger and more sustainable economy and a healthier population.
Moving Beyond Sustainability
Published in Yongyuth Yuthavong, Sparks from the Spirit, 2018
The World Happiness Report[57], published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, gives an analysis of happiness and a list of countries ranked according to data compiled from polls on six different topics. The topics are gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. People are asked how they evaluate life in their countries on a scale of 0 to 10 compared to a hypothetical worst country, Dystopia, with a score of 0. Not surprisingly, countries that rank high are mostly developed countries, but some developing countries also score well. Many of the topics contributing to the happiness score are similar to the goals of sustainable development. Another measure of happiness takes the cost to the environment into account. The Happy Planet Index (HPI) [58] combines four elements to arrive at the scores: a sense of well-being, life expectancy, inequality of people within the country, and the ecological footprint. The HPI reflects the average years of happy life produced by a given society, nation, or group of nations per unit of planetary resources consumed, roughly representing the efficiency with which countries convert the earth’s finite resources into well-being experienced by their citizens. Countries with top scores include many developing countries, mainly due to their relatively lighter ecological footprint.
Challenges of the Smart City
Published in Rocky Dr. Termanini, The Nano Age of Digital Immunity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Applications, 2018
The World Happiness Report, published by the United Nations, offers metrics that are used in measuring each country’s happiness. Each annual report is available to the public on the World Happiness Report website (www.worldhappiness.report).
Impacts of sustainability and resilience research on risk governance, management and education
Published in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2021
Linda Nielsen, Michael H. Faber
Since 2012, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network has been publishing an annual World Happiness Report. Variables used to calculate a given country’s happiness score include: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.