Urban Happiness Planning Through Interactive Chorems

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals of 2030 Agenda and in particular Goal 11, “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, encourage researchers, businesses, and public administrations to make efforts to deal with the growing difficulties in urban planning and to use it as a useful tool for improving citizens’ wellbeing. This work shows how the concept of chorematic maps can be useful to make easier the understanding of urban planning and its connections with mental wellbeing of citizens. To do so, a new set of chorems is introduced, designed to describe the qualities and elements of the urban environment that can influence the happiness, and consequently, the mental wellbeing. The work shows an example of the application of the proposed chorems in an urban environment, highlighting how they can be used both by experts and ordinary citizens, making it possible to exploit them as a means to encourage both administrators, technicians, and citizens to live and deal with their city with greater awareness and participation.