Incredible urban communities over the world have truly been characterized by the nature of their open spaces more than the design magnificence of individual buildings. The activities taking place in such spaces influence ...

Development of a city is a unique historical process, which has grown up over centuries and derived its shape and appearance. The concept “Caring cities” form on the ground in terms of the tangible “experience” of our ...

The increasing consumption of energy has led to environmental pollution resulting in global warming and ozone layer depletion. Therefore to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, caused by fossil fuels to power the cooling ...

Conflicts between human and elephants are one of the most widespread regional issues in Sri Lanka, particularly in the dry zone. Moreover, human-elephant conflict is increasing, predominantly in areas where expansion of ...

Place branding is a significant area of interest in developing countries which creates competitive advantages to places. There are many places which have potentials and resources that could be enhanced by collaborative ...

Built fabric is a critical component of a city, contributing to the process of defining its cultural program, spatial volumes and visual dimension. City identity and character – in terms of sense of cultural belonging and ...

The research objective of this paper is to prevent accidents that endanger personal safety by setting up a multi-level active emergency defence system in the public building space of the holiday tourist area. The current ...

Sri Lanka as a developing country, urban green spaces are important to physical and psychological well-being of the urbanites. These spaces play a vital role in balancing the green of the urban areas as well. Many natural ...

Landscape Architecture and hotel industry have a closer affinity considering its huge contribution for the growth, branding and attracting tourists. For a destination to be branded, it will be need more than one specification. ...

Architecture and political power have associated each other throughout the history. It is vital that architects have understanding on this nexus since they along pose the academic training and capacity in shaping the built ...