An Overview on Happy City and Quality of Life related to Environmental Issues

This thesis aims to review all the factors related to creating a happy city. From basis items, we considered the quality of life that is a multidimensional factor and for evaluating that, we need to observe its subjective and objective criteria. Quality of life has a direct link with well-being and level of happiness. having well-being and feeling happy is the main characteristic of a happy city. As the number of population increase, the number of people who are living in the cities will increase and the quality of urban and their condition should consider as well. In urban, for having happiness and well being, we need to consider the facilities, objective and urban environment. Based on the concept of a happy city that was introduced by Montgomery (2013), there is a link between the quality of life and the urban quality of and happy city. This study by using secondary data and searching about quality of life and its indicators, quality of life and its dimensions and their relationship with happiness, show that how we can create a happy city. In addition, this study by focusing on environmental factors (natural and physical) show that how these indicators play a critical role in our lives and how we can improve and develop our city and transfer them to a happy city for happy people to enjoy their life. In this thesis by comparing the happy city measurements and using some successful cities that are located in the top level of the happy cities in the world, we are going to achieve our goals. The information of this thesis can help urban planners and designers to understand better the role of the natural and physical environment in evaluating the QoL and feeling satisfaction and happiness in urban. This relationship showed that for having a happy city, the physical environment is critical.