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Dr Mark Holder Mark Holland RPP BSC Conference – Kelowna – Nov 2013 HAPPINESS BY DESIGN AN OKANAGAN EXAMPLE
Dr Mark Holder
Mark Holland RPP
BSC Conference – Kelowna – Nov 2013
HAPPINESS BY DESIGN
AN OKANAGAN EXAMPLE
• Traditional focus of Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience:• What’s wrong with you? • How do we fix it?
• Focus Positive psychology: • What is right with you?• How do we promote it?
Why is Research on Happiness Important?
1. Improvements in the Immune System
THERE MAY BE MORE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SNEEZY AND HAPPY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT!
Why is Research on Happiness Important?
1. Improvements in the Immune System
2. Associated with Health
Why is Research on Happiness Important?
1. Improvements in the Immune System2. Associated with Health3. Increased Career Success4. Improved Investment Returns5. Better Relationships6. Enhanced Forgiveness7. Increased Tolerance8. Increased Creativity9. Longer Life10.How we are Judged by Others
Why is Research on Happiness Important?
We desire it!
WE SHAPE THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE – AND THEREAFTER IT SHAPES US
(WINSTON CHURCHILL)
A DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE
• Acquire land
• Develop concept
• Secure financing
• Planning and design
• Approvals
• Construction
• Marketing • Businesses,
• Residents
• Sales
HEALTH: THE NEW TOP LINE
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
NEW MONACO – PEACHLANDGOAL: TO BE THE HEALTHIEST NEIGHBOURHOOD IN CANADA
A FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH PLANNING
• Physical
• Social
• Mental
• Spiritual
All four needed for happiness
FOUR CORNERSTONES OF A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
1. Health services
2. Design for healthy living
3. A culture of health
4. Research and monitoring
2) DESIGNING OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
COMPLETE NEIGHBOURHOODS
live, work, play, learn, shop, pray
HEALTHY BUILDINGS
ACTIVE AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES
HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS
ARTS, CULTURE AND MEANING
THE END OF “THE PUBLIC”
LONG TERM RESEARCH AND MONITORING
HEALTH: AN OKANAGAN FUTURE
