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  • Alriwaq: the power of art in creating public spaces 
    Hasan, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Bahrain like all Gulf Cooperation Council countries has transformed in a few decades from a traditional country to a modern one due to oil discovery. This modern life has created many problems within the city; the most ...
  • Dubai creek: the telling place 
    Kennedy, T [Conference-Full-text]
    Dubai, one of the world’s fastest growing cities, has created at breathtaking speed one of the world’s largest waterfront developments. Much to the detriment of its ecology, multi-billion dollar projects, enormous human-made ...
  • Green spaces of Colombo: the need for planned interventions 
    Zulaiha, ML; Ranwala, SMW [Conference-Full-text]
    The significant contribution of green vegetation in strengthening urban sustainability is often underestimated. Thus, the urban green spaces (UGS) are being threatened due to escalating population and developmental pressures ...
  • Overcoming the degradation of arterial towns: typo-morphological studies and technological robustness 
    Ranaweera, H; Pathiraja, M [Conference-Full-text]
    Over the last few decades, the part of the world identified as ‘developing’ has witnessed dramatic increase in urban population, drastic changes to its urban landscapes, and the launch of separate construction markets with ...
  • Place with (out) space: the tale of brussels and Colombo 
    Dissanayake, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Architecture of the west is engaged in an extravagant spatial discourse, sweating to design the perfect buildings and cities; spaces where humans can thrive. The extensive attention given to production and utilization of ...
  • Shrinking cities and their urban impacts: the case of Matale, Sri Lanka 
    Wickramanayake, J; Wijesundara, J [Conference-Full-text]
    Shrinking is not a new occurrence. Literature shows that it results serious social and economic issues leading to population decline and in the worse cases, complete abandonment of blocks of housing, whole neighborhoods ...