Tag: Richard Jackson

Urban Happiness Index Revisited

Hazel Borys
Hazel Borys Twitter Facebook LinkedInNovember 11, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I floated some ideas on a national Urban Happiness Index. Similar to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness index, which is being contemplated by China, an Urban Happiness Index would tie satisfaction and wellbeing to the form of the built environment. Perhaps an... Continue Reading
Category Community Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags Charles Montgomery, Happiness Index, Hazel Borys, Kaid Benfield, Knight Foundation, Richard Florida, Richard Jackson, Soul of the Community, Urban Happiness Series
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The Social Network: Community Edition

Howard Blackson
Howard Blackson Twitter Instagram March 3, 2012
Likes. Friends. Followers. We’ve got hundreds of ‘em. Plus, LinkedIN for professionals and Google+ for, uhhhh, well, for someone and then all kinds of iPhone texting, FaceTime, email, and Skype-ing. Who has time to make a phone call anymore? In trying to understanding and leverage the power of our wired social networks,... Continue Reading
Category Architecture, Development, Planning and Design, Technology
Tags Howard Blackson, Richard Florida, Richard Jackson, Robert Putnam, social networks
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