"What Do I Care About a Beautiful City?": The Landscape of Happiness with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Yalçınalp
We interviewed with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Yalçınalp about neuroscience, sense of belonging, and public psychology: Landscape is not the makeup of the city, but its life support system! Details in peyzajMAG!
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"Landscape architecture is not the makeup of the city, but its life support system." Pursuing the question "What do I care about a beautiful city?" with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Yalçınalp, we discussed the spatial projections of dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin, urban belonging, and the neuroscientific foundation of happiness.
Breaking cliché aesthetic molds to trace spaces where individuals can become the heroes of their own lives, this groundbreaking interview is with you in the Autumn 2026 issue of peyzajMAG!
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