Through the land use policies and practices, it is expected to achieve national, regional and local economies, productivity, health and efficiency. Other objectives of those policies, such as improving physical environment, ...

Spatial structure of urban green space has an important effect for the urban planning as well as city dwellers. Green spaces have always been urban ecological resources. It is the most desirable thing in cities as the ...

It is predicted that the Sri Lanka's urban population will be around 55% to 60 % from the total population in year 2020. This is not a phenomenon only for Sri Lanka; entire Asian region particularly developing countries ...

The city of Colombo and its suburban areas have experienced a rapid change in development during the past four decades with increasing growth and expansion of important economics activities. The government decisions to ...

This study has been undertaken in partial fulfilment of the academic requirement for the M.Sc. (Town and Country Planning) Degree Course. The chosen area of study comprises a specialised aspect of urban development ...

This in a document recording a process -the evolution of a Community Developed Programme for the people living In the inner city of Colombo* The process beigaa with the identification of theee v/bere conditions at living ...

The term development control measures though more often than not have been interpretted in a negative way athose are the instruments that give effect to the meaning of development by managing any" objects material or ...