Economic valuation of wetland ecosystem investigates benefits of wetlands that can be
gained to people. It can help to policy makers and planners to implement development
activities considering different ecosystem services ...
Housing is a key human requirement. However, many in the modern world people are living in unsuitable houses. Recently, it has become a global problem and as a result many countries are paying attention to it and various ...
Rapid urbanization lead built-up area expansion is one of the key challenges in present cities. Most of the cities in tropical countries, will be significantly affected by the urban heat which is caused by high-density ...
Cultural triangle is prominent in all over the world as its heritage significance. Hence it has transformed a renowned tourism destination point in Sri Lanka. But, still there isn‟t any supportable to the tourism field in ...
Traffic congestion can be identified as a manifesting critical problem that can be seen
in urban areas around the world. It generates huge negative impacts on the urban
environment. Sri Lankan statistics prove that many ...
Analysis of climate induced phenomenon is data intensive and the data collected from very
sparse network of professional weather stations have become incapable to estimate the
magnitude of the climate induced events. ...
Currently, Colombo is being developed very fast as the Commercial Capital, to make the most vibrant commercial and logistic hub of Asia under the vision of “The miracle of South Asia”. As a part of the process, the government ...
Whether the Tourism industry generates many negative social and economical to the communities and environment it has become largest fastest growing industry of the world. Eco tourism can be identified as a rapidly growing ...
Retailing is the dynamic and evolving urban function in many small towns in Sri Lanka especially the towns originated and evolving to provide services for the surrounding residential population. This function is closely ...
Traffic Congestion is one of the most intolerable problems in the most cities due to sudden
increase in privacy. Transportation affects urban society, environment and the economy.
Flexible Work Hour Implementation (FWH) ...
Settlements are categorized as urban and rural and various methods are used to define urban settlements and thereby to measure the level of urban in a particular country or city. Sri Lanka adopts a single criteria based ...
An Origin – Destination matrix is a vital aspect in the process of traffic planning. OD matrix table shows the trip production and trip attraction of the each zones. This zones should be identified with the certain physical ...
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for several decades, at increasing the development of the country#
The achievement of this goal depends on the efficacy/ of
mobilising the factors of production ...
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Land Use Planning is a multi disciplinary activity essential
for a country like Sri Lanka, for its sustainable development.
Many attempts have been made by the Governments in this
direction by introducing several laws ...
In the Sri Lankan context urban areas are defined by tile size of population as large medium and. small towns, Colombo with its cluster of cites around it forms a large conurbation where there are fourteen towns including' ...
With the advent of the liberalized economic culture in 1977 in Sri Lanka, the need for urban development became unavoidable. In such a situation, the role of the urban centers became leverage for the blooming of the country‟s ...
Sri Lanka has experiencing the continuous incensement of motor traffic.
Approximately 350,000 vehicles have been yearly added to the vehicle volume in Sri
Lanka. It also affects adversely on city functioning by creating ...
The selection of a location for a manufacturing plant is a foremost decision which has to be made by an industry. This decision is influenced by numerous location determinants such as raw materials, transport labor, utility ...
The importance of the problem of low income underserved urban settlements in the city of Colombo is beyond debate. According to the Urban Development Authority, 1999 Colombo Development Plan statistics there are about ...