Urban Happiness – the eco-social sustainability of urban environment
Project description
The Urban Happiness project studied the social and structural prerequisites of sustainable urban environment. With the help of new, innovative methods, the essential elements of ecosocially sustainable environment were identified. New, innovative methodology was developed in the project: Internet based softGIS methodology was used to gather the experiential localized knowledge of the inhabitants. The structural analysis of urban settings was realised with GIS- methods allowing the morphological and functional modeling of urban structure. The underlying idea of the project was that the sustainability of urban environment is ultimately tested in the lifestyles, decisions and choices of inhabitants. We concluded that ecologically sustainable urban environment can also be socially sustainable i.e. environment that supports the quality of life, wellbeing and happiness of the inhabitants.
Research themes
Active living and urban lifestyles
Participatory planning
Private: PPGIS and VGI methods development
Project details
Project contact
Marketta Kyttä
Team members
- Maarit Kahila
- Anna Broberg