Abstract:
This dissertation is about the landscape experience of traveling along the Colombo-
Badulla railway corridor in Sri Lanka.
The study is also an elaboration of the daytime experience for travelers, who have special
interest to experience the out door landscape of Sri Lanka, with -a geographical,
geomorphological, climatic and biodiversity interests of the Colombo- Badulla railway
corridor.
Chapter one introduces an unidentified viewing corridor which is visible along Colombo
to Badula while traveling by train. It also describes the history of this railway line with its
principle land marks, exposing how the secondary landscape elements; (utilities and
amenities) located along railway line contribute to symbolize the viewing corridor
strengthening the historical character of Sri Lankan railway.
Chapter two describes the geomorphologic characters and the variation of vegetation
types available in Colombo- Badulla railway viewing corridor with climatic factors that
leads to bring variations of environmental characters in ecosystems which ultimately
matters to create variety along Colambo Badulla railway viewing corridor .
Chapter three is an active exposure of the extract of the edited visual landscape spirit of
Colombo Badulla viewing corridor which could be experienced as a montage while
traveling by train. Lastly this chapter elaborates the variations of spatial qualities of
landscape, land use pattern, vegetation and special geomorphologic features which caused
to formulate the above said landscape viewing corridor.
