It's just the standard urbanist gospel that we've all likely read before--nothing new here. He provided me with a glimpse of the underlying structures that dictate the cities, and thus our lives. Montgomery also won't be silo'd- he does an excellent job at making clear how the happy city is also the low-carbon city, the connected city, the sustainable city. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in how our society has become so dispersed, the consequences of such decisions, and potential solutions. Finally, after a string of blah reads, I score something truly amazing. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in July. Omar is also a member of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, where he advises City Council on matters pertaining to the future of the city.Omar currently works with the Vancity Community Foundation as a Strategic Advisor in Community-Owned Real Estate. With years of experience working with innovative and high-tech startups in Vancouver, Cheri is passionate about high impact branding and communications that create healthy lives and communities.Cheri has a Bachelor of Arts & Science in Cognitive Science from McGill University and a Master’s of Public Health from the University of Waterloo.Ekaterina’s keen interest in urban planning and design stems from the potential to have a positive powerful effect on both human wellbeing and the health of our planet. Led by Principal/Creative Director Omar has led Happy City to become a dynamic and internationally recognized leader in urban wellbeing consulting. Moreover, the city’s government has plans to slash thousands of car parking spaces in the next few years in favour of more bicycle parking spots and it aims to widen and increase the number of bicycle lanes (which are already excellent). And of course, angry at the freaking cars that our countries seem to be built around.
Her personal projects include interactive web mapping, community cycling and mapping events, as well as workshop design and facilitation for the Vancouver School Board Sustainability Conference.Emma is a collaborative, solutions-oriented planner and communicator. It makes a strong, well supported and well case-studied case for addressing, well, things that most of us will feel are obvious about what's wrong with (many) cities and the kind of human scale 'software' and 'hardware' measures that can make life, frankly, happier. He has devoted his life and career to reforming planning so building communities that support the basic needs of human health becomes the new minimum standard.Marten leads Happy City’s European operations – giving presentations, facilitating workshops, creating experiments, performing site audits, and designing spaces, services and engagement processes. Published Urban living has torn apart village living, tossing people into isolated McMansions, taking away their freedom of mobility without dependence on fossil fuels and thus causing a ripple effect of unhappiness throughout society.
Charles Montgomery makes a strong case that in our quest to have the big house, white-picket fence, two-car garage and 2.5 kids, many people have exchanged square footage for a long commute. The author, Charles Montgomery, uses this story as a stepping off point of explaining the science and research behind how we can design cities to make them not only happier, but also healthier, safer, more affordable, more equitable, more resilient, more financially stable and more environmentally sustainable.This is one of those rare books that will leave you seeing the world differently. I found this book through Mr. Money Mustache and agree that they are a good match. If only Montgomery was in charge of urban planning.
Emma is committed to working with diverse publics to shape the projects, plans and services that affect their daily lives.