Abstract:
The topic of this dissertation, "planning guidelines for
real estate and property development with special referen~e to
middle income houes.Lng - A case study in Sri Jayawardhanapura
Kotte" examines the trends and problems of middle income
housing and intends to formulate planning guidelines for middle
income housing development.
It is evident that more than 5U.0% of the developed land
in urban areas in developing countries is devoted for housing.
Demand for housing has been increasing in Sri Lanka spec.ially
after 1977, with the governments emphasis on housing and urban
development.
The public sector has taken much of the responsibilit: Ies
to provide housing to low income households and the prIvat.e
sector is involved in real estate and property development
a~tivities for middle income housing.
Although a substantial number of studies in relation to
low income housing have been carried out both by the public
sector and volur:tary institutions, less attention has been
given to middle income housing. This dissertation attempts to
fulfil this gap by concentrating on middle income housing.
Rapid growth of real estate and property development
activities is a significant phenomenon of the urban development
process in the post 1977 period in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, a
few planning studies have been undertaken related to real
estate and property development so far.
