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- 2021 - (Vol. 08, Issue 01)
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2021 - (Vol. 08, Issue 01)
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[Article-Full-text]Natural lighting creates a pleasant environment, promotes healthier conditions and saves energy, and is an important factor in the design of education institutions. Many research indicates the positive impacts of better ...
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[Article-Full-text]Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is a vital decision-making tool for realization of investments. However, it is often challenging to forecast the LCC of a building as it comprises of several elements which are influenced by a range ...
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[Article-Full-text]Colombo, with its rapid development, is experiencing an influx of high-rise developments. These developments create a significant influence on the microclimate of the area around them, and therefore impact outdoor thermal ...
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[Article-Full-text]COVID-19 pandemic has been an alarming issue from the beginning of 2020 and is a significant disaster that affects each industry. In dealing with the consequences of the pandemic, the construction industry confronts several ...
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[Article-Full-text]How a city is known to its inhabitants is largely impacted by its physical environment and this knowledge in turn, impacts the behavior and the sustainability of the city. From Kevin Lynch's landmark study in 1960, many ...
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[Article-Full-text]Muthurajawela Marsh and Negombo Lagoon have lost their marshland and mangroves from 41% and 21% accordingly from 1997 to 2017. Vegetation land fragmentation (VLF) is the foremost reason that accelerates the vegetation cover ...
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[Article-Full-text]Measuring the level of urban sprawl is a challenging task that lacks a clear universal method. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate whether results differ with the methods utilized, to compute the level of urban ...