This paper examines the user behaviours relative to sense of safety in urban landscape spaces. Reconciliation of feelings, emotions and behaviours of user due to image of the space; it may be comfortable or uneasy. ...

Aging of population in Sri Lanka is found to be increasing in an alarming rate. As per the estimations of the department of census and statistics, 1/5 of the total population (20%) will be above60 years by 2030. This may ...

The emergence of ‘mega cities’ is a growing phenomenon. It is seen as an undeniable manifestation of modernity. But who’s idea of modernity? Many cities in emerging nations caught up in the global process of urban regeneration ...

Cities are one of the most comprehensive representations of a society and its culture. Most urban built environments in the past have spontaneously responded to ever evolving socio-cultural values as well as political ...

This paper explores a link between pedestrian space based safety facilitating strategies formulated for urban settlements. Pedestrian spaces which can be simply address as streets and alleys are major elements of a city. ...

Although highly populated districts like Colombo, suffer from decrement of open public spaces, there are many unused areas within the city which has not considered for its full potential. It’s observed that most of them ...

The Government organizations in Sri Lanka often resettle the urban poor in high-rise housing. Such housing interventions often do not acknowledge the spatial relationships and organizations of such communities which play ...

This paper investigates the transformation process of a peri-urban slum – ‘Ershadnagar Resettlement Camp’ where forty two years ago; the inner city’s evicted homeless population was relocated without any proper proposition. ...

Rejection of architectural projects, urban designs and resettlements area major concern in Sri Lankan and worldwide architectural field. Throughout a vast architectural discourse, there are clear identifications that ...