ABSTRACT
The Happy City Index was the first index to measure the well-being of a city in the UK. It concerns the measurement of urban well-being through the combination of external and internal factors. Regarding health, these include disease, condition, disability, health care distribution, access and cost and immunization. Regarding the environment, useful information includes infrastructure, built environment, transportation, water quality, air quality, contaminants and noise. Regarding geography, the data may concern land use, natural barriers, population density, neighbourhood configuration, boundaries and spatial patterns. The quality of the infrastructure and ecosystems that protect against natural hazards is important because it can guarantee essential services, such as electricity distribution, water supply, the flow of goods, people and information continuously even in times of shock. The conservation of environmental assets is important to protect homes, offices and daily infrastructures from floods and other calamitous events.
