Construction Law may be defined as the law that regulates built environment in relation to construction activities. This law also deals with physical planning techniques and protection of natural environment. Law governing ...

This study was aimed at investigating the current challenges prevailing in relation to multi-agency collaboration during disaster management and at the strategies that should be implemented in order to overcome such challenges. ...

Landslides are considered one of the recurrent natural disasters spread worldwide, causing significant property damages and fatalities. Hydraulic gradient is one of the triggering factors affecting landslide hazards. ...

Sri Lanka experiences various natural disasters like floods and landslides, where extreme rainfall is a major contributory factor. In relation to climate change, a crucial question also arises about the possible variability ...

Landslides are becoming more frequent and destructive as the variability in climate and changes in the natural environment intensified. Numerous studies have considered geological, geomorphological, and human factors in ...

The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade. Consequently the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure ...

Asked what hazard posed the greatest threat to their school, the principals of coastal schools in the Galle, Ampara and Batticaloa districts of Sri Lanka overwhelmingly responded “tsunami”. This result is unsurprising ...