What makes people happy? The case of social housing in Brazil

This investigation attempts to understand what makes a place recognized by users as good to live and what makes people feel happy with their neighbourhood. For this, this study takes into account user evaluation not only of the physical aspects of the streetscape, but the symbolical variables involved in the concept of sense of place. Here, the definition of sense of place comprises the strong relationships that can exist between people and a particular location in terms of attachment and familiarity with the place and people who live there.