Impacts of middle rise & intermediate rise developments in the city of Colombo

Abstract

"There are currently about 200 middle rise & intermediate rise buildings, in the Colombo city & the infrastructure of the city will be affected on the long run, if authorities & developers are not cautious, when approving & building high rises" states the chairman of the Condominium Management Authority. Therefore the study is focused on the examination of the actual existence of the problems associated with middle rise & intermediate rise developments. The objective of the study is to investigate whether the problems related to middle rise & intermediate rise developments are really happening in the city.

The methodology of the research is based on a case study area. Here 50 middle rise & intermediate rise buildings are selected randomly and a questionnaire based survey as well as an observation strategy is used to test the research problem. The data that has been gathered from above two strategies and the descriptive analysis done is to identify the research problem.

It presents the impacts of middle rise & intermediate rise buildings on the city. It is further learnt that, most of the buildings fall under the intermediate rise category due to the non availability of side spaces as per the "Form C" of the city of Colombo development plan 1999. It indicates that construction of middle rise & intermediate rise buildings create various problems in terms of physical, social, economic & environmental aspects. Therefore it is necessary to consider these facts & improve the existing infrastructure facilities before the approval of middle rise & intermediate rise buildings.