The relationship of human happiness and neighbourhood planning: case study Puchong Indah housing estate, Selangor, Malaysia. PLANNING MALAYSIA: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, XIII. pp. 51-64. ISSN 0128-0945 (2015)
Abstract
Happiness is a state of mind which is not straightforward in definition and is subjective. Thus, happiness brings many meanings. It is often related to an emotion state of well-being characterised by feelings ranging from contentment to intense joy. Barrow (1980) believes that happiness derives from a Latin word felix which sometimes translated as ‘happy’. It implies fortune and the Greek word eudaimon which has a connotation of being favoured by the God. Happiness also appears to be originated from the archaic ‘hap; meaning ‘chance’, ‘luck’ or ‘good fortune’. As Argyle (1987) states, happiness relates to contentment, satisfaction, peace of mind, feeling fulfilled, enjoyment, pleasure and having fun. While Veenhoven (2001) identified the meaning of happiness as the meaning of the quality of life, in which social philosophy signifies a good living condition (happiness as the good society) and in moral philosophy as the sense of good performance (happiness as virtue). Meanwhile, in the context of social science, the word happiness is commonly used to denote subjective enjoyment of life. Subjective quality of life appraisals are referred to as ‘aspect-satisfaction’ and ‘domain satisfaction’. Layard (2011) added that happiness is enjoying good life and wanting the feeling to be maintained. Furthermore, Fred (2008) agrees that happiness is not a static goal that individuals are able to attain by aspiring to it. Rather, happiness is a by-product of a “good life” (or civil happiness, as expounded by Aristotle) producing satisfaction over the long run. Happiness is therefore both an individual
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Planning aspects, Quality, Satisfaction, Neighbourhood |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Architecture, Planning & Surveying > Town Planning By Subject > Architecture, Planning & Surveying > Building Surveying |
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| Depositing User: | Amirza Suryati Maliki |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2021 21:26 |
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