Are We Happy in Densely Populated Environments? Assessing the Impacts of Density on Subjective Well-Being, Quality of Life, and Perceived Health in Montreal, Canada.

Compact city development has been increasingly promoted as a tool to encourage urban sustainability and to reduce humans’ environmental footprint. The impacts of such urban development on subjective well-being (SWB), Quality of Life (QOL), and perceived health—non-monetary metrics of prosperity—have not been extensively explored in the North American context. This paper delves into the relationship between density and happiness by analyzing a …