People's perception of revitalised public spaces: the case study of Independence Square, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Abstract

The increasing tendency of enhancing the qualiry of public spaces in developing countries, for example rypromoting strong visual identity, is a crucial government polif) instrument in economic and urban revitalization, while generating threats against the 'inclusive' qualities of these public spaces. Concerning that matter this stucfy tuas designed to fulfill two main ol?jectives:Identify the different communiry perceptions regarding current public space revitalization actions that are going on in Colombo and tofind out how it vary Ivzfh different social levels in order to discover the social inclusive/ exclusive nature of those particular projects selecting Independence Square as the case stu1:l