ali m; Maryam Mohammadi
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Abstract The goal of this article is to recognize criteria of the happy city approach through adapting it with urban space dimensions and access a model for measuring happiness rate in urban spaces. The research method is qualitative-quantitative, and in literature review it is based on content analysis. ...
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Abstract The goal of this article is to recognize criteria of the happy city approach through adapting it with urban space dimensions and access a model for measuring happiness rate in urban spaces. The research method is qualitative-quantitative, and in literature review it is based on content analysis. According to the historical position of Chahar Bagh-e-Abbasi Street and considering this issue that the street is also a realm for representation of such events, it was selected as the case. Sample case size for doing questionnaire technique was 200 users. The results show that for creating a happy urban space, both objective and subjective dimensions must be considered. Among this, the objective criteria affected on increasing happiness in street include factors like: creating limitation in accessing vehicles, beauty, vitality, utility of green spaces and townscape, cleanliness, and in subjective dimensions the criteria are: pride feelings, security, memory, night security and friendliness. Keywords: Happy City Approach, Criteria Making, Happiness Levels, Subjective and Objective Dimensions, Chahar Bagh-e-Abbasi Street
