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 System

2. Associated with Health

3. Increased Career Success

4. Improved Investment Returns

5. Better Relationships

6. Enhanced Forgiveness

7. Increased Tolerance

8. Increased Creativity

9. Longer Life

10. 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

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

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