Aesthetic improvements to roadside landscapes presents many challenges to the
road professionals. Lack of documented knowledge of local landscape
preferences force them to import design treatments that may not evoke ...
Since the 1990s, the content of urban redevelopment has been sharply
transformed and including vibrant elements from economic to cultural, historic,
social, and environmental considerations, which is termed as the ...
Urban areas are now being regenerated in great extremes to match with the
local and global demand in Sri Lanka. Upgrading infrastructures, land and
buildings are highly pressurized in urban regeneration projects given ...
This paper is a report on part of a research project commissioned by the Crown
Property Bureau, Thailand (CPB). CPB is a quasi-government agency responsible
for managing the real property of the Crown of the Kingdom of ...
Perera, N G R; Samanthilaka, K P P R[Conference-Full-text]
An Urban heat island (UHI) is best visualized as a dome of stagnant warm air,
over the heavily built-up areas of the city. These have been observed practically
all over the world and Colombo, Sri Lanka is no exception. ...
This paper contends that re-inventing the city involves a level of ‘social resilience’
that permits to face the challenges presented by urban development at moments
of growth as well as in times of adversity and crisis.
It ...
Saharan, S. L.; Chakraborty, M[Conference-Full-text]
Since last two decades, some of the major urban policy, legislation and building
regulation changes have been made in Chandigarh, which are having a major
impact on the physical and the visual fabric of the city. This ...
The emergence of ‘mega cities’ is a growing phenomenon. It is seen as an
undeniable manifestation of modernity. But who’s idea of modernity? Many
cities in emerging nations caught up in the global process of urban
regeneration ...
This paper talks about such a case from April 2012, which involved an
eviction of a section of the biggest informal settlement Korail, in Dhaka. The
eviction has brought into focus the need for a coherent urban poverty ...
If urban migration trend is compared worldwide, developing countries have
a higher percentage. This is because the number of people added each year
escalates to add more to the already increasing population. We have ...
Waterfront areas have always been an important part of the urban settings
in providing public access to the waterfronts while there are also that cities
try to preserve for the best use and practice. Many cities have ...
Azad, M; KouroshAfzali; Azad, S[Conference-Full-text]
Recent years have seen a rapidly growing public debate about the
welfare of children around the world. According to UNICEF, a Childfriendly
City is a system of good local governance committed to the
fullest implementation ...
Asian cities contain a unique heterogeneity of social cultural backgrounds,
which has a significant existence of bazaar type or informal sector with open
type temporary and mobile activities that are more flexible, quick, ...
This paper explores a link between pedestrian space based safety facilitating
strategies formulated for urban settlements.
Pedestrian spaces which can be simply address as streets and alleys are
major elements of a city. ...
Aging of population in Sri Lanka is found to be increasing in an alarming
rate. As per the estimations of the department of census and statistics, 1/5
of the total population (20%) will be above60 years by 2030. This may ...
This paper broadly aims at understanding the concept of smart city
movement and development from Indian perspective. An attempt is
made to review and understand the concept and definitions of
smart cities in India and ...
De Silva, K. H. D.W.; Ranwala, S.M.W.; Gunawardene, A[Conference-Full-text]
Green spaces are an essential component in urban infrastructure and their
heterogeneity influence the services they provide to mankind. During the
last five year period a significant change in the landscape of City of ...
Alongside rapid urbanization of the region and the city, Bahrain has placed a
significant emphasis on the revival of historical cultural and built heritage, in
recent years. Focused on attracting global attention and ...