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Planning for Sustainable Happiness: Harmonizing Our Internal and External Landscapes

While it is widely recognized that urban planning and public health are interrelated, the significance of ‘happiness’ for our health and well-being has not been taken up in the planning literature. Perspectives from positive psychology, which are demonstrating the links between health and happiness, have yet to influence transport and urban planning policy and practice. There is one notable exception ‐ during his tenure as mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa, chose to ‘plan for happiness’. He also focused on the needs of children. Meanwhile, research on children’s health and transportation (O’Brien, 2001; Tranter and Malone, 2003) has examined the needs and aspirations of children in the context of urban planning. This research brings us full circle, back to happiness. Children’s view of transportation (when walking to school) reminds us that transportation is not only about ‘moving people and goods’. It is about wonder, discovery, joy and happiness. Opportunities for expanding our thinking around planning, happiness and sustainability are offered.