Out of the numerous challenges facing mankind globally, the impact of climate change poses more threat. These impacts include sea-level rise, more frequent floods from heavy rainfall and notably among others, intense ...

The prevalence of continual increase of population, poor construction standards, lack of law enforcement and monitoring, construction on filled up canals and water bodies as well as unplanned growth in hazard prone areas ...

Over the past eras, dawn of innovative technologies in construction industry intensified, where Building Information Modelling (BIM) has established as a collaborative tool. Although construction industry is deemed to be ...

Humans constantly endeavour to redesign the habitat they live in to provide more comfort, ease, and better living conditions. However, in attempts to maximize this comfort, the basic needs and necessities of the space are ...

Building envelop plays a vital role in creating comfortable indoor environments by cutting off unfavorable outdoor climatic conditions. The outdoor microclimate around a building varies creating diversified vertical climatic ...

The level of urbanization of a country or a region is generally measured in terms of the share of its urban population. Since there is no universal definition for ‗urban‘, countries follow different approaches such as ...

Planners and designers create spaces for people. However, in most instances, the modern urban design interventions are criticized for their inability to address the ground conditions. These interventions appear out of ...

This article refers to the analysis of "gaps" between institutional frameworks and implementation of actions for the integrated management of the Mediterranean coastal zones and focuses on the local level, dealing particularly ...

Land and water are inseparably linked with each other. External pressures on either water or the land result in chains of impacts on both. Uncontrolled urban growth leads intensive urban growth into natural floodplains. ...

Factory buildings play an important role in socio-economic environment in Sri Lanka while significantly contributing to the resource consumption. Therefore, the application of green building concept, which ensures the ...