FARU - 2007http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/147022024-03-29T09:40:45Z2024-03-29T09:40:45ZBuilding numbers: the case of post Tsunami housing in Sri LankaMunasinghe, Hhttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/83992019-08-08T10:25:10ZBuilding numbers: the case of post Tsunami housing in Sri Lanka
Munasinghe, H
Top-down approach used to build housing for
the Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka evolved
around the number of houses destroyed. The
selection of land and the number of units to
be built were donor-biased decisions. This
Building-Numbers may have satisfied the
donors and builders for quantification of their
achievements but not necessarily the
recipients for various reasons. Many
recipients have left those houses and some
never occupied theirs. Enlarging schism
between man, society and place, and further
displacing the settler as a result are defined
here as the research
problem. We have studied a few housing
projects in the Southern Province, using a
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multidisciplintfry approach framed by sociocultural
based settlement planning and
morphologically oriented house types. We
used qualitative research methods to collect
field data. Our findings suggest that building
of settlements that are beyond mere
collections of numbers could have had more
success in term of resurrecting the lost
villages.
Study of effect of selected underlying factors of sitting comfort and discomfort on comfort and discomfort perceptionThariq, MGMMunasinghe, Hhttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/83982019-08-08T10:25:43ZStudy of effect of selected underlying factors of sitting comfort and discomfort on comfort and discomfort perception
Thariq, MGM; Munasinghe, H
The present study was carried out under
university class room settings to investigate
the influence of selected underlying factors of
sitting comfort and discomfort at their
different levels on the perception of sitting
comfort and discomfort while sitting.
Questionnaires with 7-point rating scales
were used to obtain feelings elicited with five
different chairs while sitting. Questionnaires
filled by 49 subjects were analyzed. In the
factor analysis, comfort and discomfort
factors were extracted validating the factor
structure of comfort and discomfort obtained
in previous studies. The results
obtained indicated that comfort and
discomfort factors can co-exist at the same
time at different levels. The results further
showed that back pain was the most
important discomfort factor while relief
feeling is the most important comfort factor
in sitting comfort and discomfort perception.
From the findings of the study it is suggested
to study seat features that may influence
relief feeling in comfort perception.