Recognition of Effective Factors on Promoting Happiness Quality in Urban Spaces by Using the Principles of a Happy City Approach(Case Study: Isfahan Chahar Bagh-e-Abbasi Street)

The goal of this article is to recognize criteria of the happy city approach through adapting it with urban space dimensions and access a model for measuring happiness rate in urban spaces. The research method is qualitative-quantitative, and in literature review it is based on content analysis. According to the historical position of Chahar Bagh-e-Abbasi Street and considering this issue that the street is also a realm for representation of such events, it was selected as the case. Sample case size for doing questionnaire technique was 200 users. The results show that for creating a happy urban space, both objective and subjective dimensions must be considered. Among this, the objective criteria affected on increasing happiness in street include factors like: creating limitation in accessing vehicles, beauty, vitality, utility of green spaces and townscape, cleanliness, and in subjective dimensions the criteria are: pride feelings, security, memory, night security and friendliness.