Sri Lanka's interest in land settlement as a development strategy started during the early decades of the 20th century. Among the objectives of establishing such settlements were; 1 Achieving self sufficiency in food ...

The aim of this dissertation is to examine the possibilities to identify lands for urban development in order to mitigate the land scarcity problem in the Greater Colombo Economic Commission (GCEC) area . In this connection ...

In the Cri Lankan context urban areas the size of population as large medium and small towns, cluster of cities around it forms a conurbation where there are fourteen towns mofueling Colombo. Though attempts were made ...

This study deals with some planning implications of the industrial areas in the Colombo Metropolitan Region. The main objective of Chapter 1 is to define the problem of the study. It was obvious that 83% of the total ...

This study deals with the planning implications of the provision of infrastructure through participation of the private sector. The study begins with highlighting the aspects related to the theoretical framework for ...

This individual dissertation for Planning Strategies for Management and Conservation of urban low-lying areas with reference to settlement development spread over five chapters. The chapter one includes concept and definition ...

The Mahaweli Ganga Multi-purpose Development scheme is the biggest public investment programme ever conceived and executed in this country. Sri Lanka had to undertake this challenge immediately as a possible ...

This study is concerned with- the Role of Small Towns in Regional Development in Sri Lanka, The intention of this study is to analyse the Role of Small Towns in the case-study area, and also to formulate some guidelines ...