This study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, a water quality analysis was conducted on Moragoda Ela, Kepu Ela and Mahamodara Lake. The results revealed that the water quality of the three water bodies was ...

Open dumpsite has become the most widely used and common practices in most of the developing countries in waste management due to their lack of will, technology, capital and virtuous attitudes. This has elevated the risk ...

Water movement has a major influence on plant growth in aquatic ecosystems. Although the plants growing in shallow lakes and wetlands are not experiencing mean flow, they also experience water movement as flow turbulence. ...

A field observation was conducted on 22nd November 2011 to estimate the present state of density stratification of Koggala lagoon. Vertical variation of salinity, water temperature and dissolved oxygen were measured with ...

The tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, broke most of the sea embankment and coastal forests, and caused dreadful damage to people and buildings in Tohoku and Kanto districts of Japan. ...

This study aims to develop and test a methodology to extract pedestrian speed data from video footage and to find the pedestrian walking speed Sri Lankans. This study was done in the premises of the Faculty of Engineering, ...

Knowledge of heat and gas transport properties of the peat soils is important to simulate greenhouse gas behaviour and changes of soil-temperature in the wetlands. In this study, the heat and gas transport properties for ...

As instability of the slope area at Mahawewa, Walapane has been identified as a major threat to the people since 1986, National Building Research Organization has started a project of monitoring and stabilization of the ...

Reinforced concrete design is considered as a vitally important discipline in the field of civil engineering. The design of reinforced concrete is done to various standards and well established code of practices. The ...

Sustainable Development was innovated, as a new concept to act against the repercussions of the climate change and Sustainable Built Environment performs a pivotal role with total commitment within this innovation. Many ...