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A Study on the relationships among Natami, city functions and built environment with special reference to Pettah, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Nayomi, HHKR
dc.contributor.author Mahanama, PKS
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-28T19:55:03Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-28T19:55:03Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13436
dc.description.abstract Wholesale and retail trades play a vital role in a city’s economy. From the early days of the evolution of cities, a group of labor specialized in loading, unloading and carrying goods emerged to cater to the need of moving goods within the city. During the Colonial era, in order to cater to the demand for economic means of delivering goods within the city in increasing wholesale and retail businesses, the British rulers brought in Indian Coolies to Sri Lanka and to many of their colonies to provide manual labor. Today, they are identified as Natamis and work in wholesale trading areas such as Pettah in Colombo and many other urban areas in Sri Lanka. With the advancement of technology many of the tasks of these goods carriers got replaced by motorized modes such as forklifts, trucks, lorries, cranes etc, but this occupation is not totally disappeared from the wholesale trading areas in Asian cities. It is observed that the character of the built environment and the prevailing city functions, especially the mode of local transactions of goods between traders, support the extended existence of Natami in Pettah; City of Colombo. This research explores the relationships between the Natami community, the city functions and the built environment of the City of Colombo using network analysis. Through the understanding derived from the analysis, this paper calls for the due attention of the policy makers and planners in planning and designing the city environments to identify the hidden but vital role played by these communities in making cities more effective and vibrant. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Good Carriers en_US
dc.subject City functions
dc.subject Built environment
dc.subject Network
dc.title A Study on the relationships among Natami, city functions and built environment with special reference to Pettah, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Town and Country Planning en_US
dc.identifier.year 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 7th FARU International Research Symposium - 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.place Galle, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 244 - 260 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Practice Based Research : exploring built environmental through evidence en_US
dc.identifier.email nayomikankanamge90@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email mahanama@uom.lk en_US


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