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In this new millennium, cities have become the spotlights and arenas to showcase the achievements and challenges of mankind. With more than seven billion population living in urban area by 2045, the built environment has to be more user-friendly and sustainable in order to function well. In this chapter, the authors emphasize that planners should always return to the ultimate goal of the profession of creating an enjoyable place for the well-being of humanity to face the challenging future. A review of planning history was taken to highlight the key concept of planning for well-being, which is followed by a discussion of the happy city concept. A practical case-study is conducted in Tainan City, Taiwan (a small developing country), to illustrate how to rejuvenate an overcrowded and unpleasant community and to balance the conflicts between different users by introducing the happy city concept. It is believed that well-being and happiness should not be the privilege of certain affluent countries and can be delivered with good place-making strategies.
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Chao, TY.S., Liu, SK., Kalman, B., Lu, HC.C., Cai, M. (2017). Delivering Community Well-Being from the Happy City Concept: A Practical Approach to Urban Planning and Design. In: Phillips, R., Wong, C. (eds) Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0878-2_23
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