Transit oriented development : a framework for successful implementation of the concept within regions : an analysis of existing theories and case examples

Abstract

Urbanization refers to migration of population from rural regions to towns and cities. As the cities and towns reap most of the benefits of innovations in the fields of science and technology, urbanization still continues to take place in them. As a result of this, the cities and its suburbs spill over to the rural areas along their boundaries. traffi c leek ^ new this Spread is termed as urban sprawl. This phenomenon is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependent development on rural land, high segregation of uses (e.g. stores and residential), and various design features that encourage car dependency. This, in short-terms would be a perfect solution for individual preference. However, in terms of communal level, this ideology becomes destructive, causing many issues on socio-cultural, environmental, and economic domains. For an instance, development of ahighway would cause various environmental issues including the destruction of habitat corridors. This therefore demands passive ways of sustainable approaches for the urban sprawl in agriculture based developing countries like Sri Lanka.