The book puts forth the argument that it is only in understanding the true nature of infrastructure's reach - how it connects, supports, and enlivens human beings - that we can truly begin to understand infrastructure's possibilities. It connects infrastructure to that most elusive of human qualities - happiness - examining the way infrastructure is fundamentally tied to human values and human well-being. The book seeks to suggest novel approaches, identify outmoded undertakings, and define new possibilities in order to maximize infrastructure's impact for all people - with a focus on diversity, inclusion and equity.
In seeking to define infrastructure broadly and examine its possibilities systematically this book brings together theory and evidence from multiple disciplinary perspectives including, sociology, urban studies, architecture, economics, and public health in order to advance a startling claim - that our lives, and the lives of others, can be substantively improved by greater adhesion to the principles and practices of infrastructure design for happiness and wellbeing.
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Michael Chang, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, UK
"Infrastructure is more than just roads and bridge, it includes social, civic and human infrastructure, all of which plays a significant role in our happiness and well-being. This terrific volume traces the development of infrastructure, its role in our happiness and well-being, and how to build better more inclusive infrastructure for the future."
Richard Florida, University of Toronto, author of The Rise of the Creative Class
"As the climate crisis begins to manifest itself in our daily lived experiences and their relationships to infrastructure resilience this book makes a unique contribution to these debates by focusing upon the less well considered but equally critical issues of equity, well-being and affordances supported by our infrastructure choices."
Dr. Steve Cinderby, Senior Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York