Understudied relative to other forms of intentional community, and
under-recognized in policy-making circles, urban cohousing communities
situate wellbeing as simultaneously social and subjective, while
catering for groups of people so diverse in age. Collaborative
Happiness looks at two such urban cohousing communities: Kankanmori, in
Tokyo; and Quayside Village, in Vancouver. In expanding beyond
mainstream approaches to happiness focused exclusively on the
individual, Quayside Village and Kankanmori provide an alternative model
for how to understand and practice the good life in an increasingly
urbanized world marked by crisis of both social and environmental
sustainability.