2013 - (Vol. 05, Issue 01): Recent submissions

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A Model for Evacuation Risk Assessment on Transportation Networks

Warusavitharana, EJ; Bandara, JMSJ [Article-Full-text]

Cities around the world are vulnerable to many kinds of disasters. Although the disaster risk reduction is widely spoken and attempted, the complex layout of cities makes the risk reduction impossible most of the times. ...
The Key Factors affecting Design and Structural Technology for the Efficiency of Clay Cooking Pots: Special Reference to Culinary Item “Hattiya”

Ranasinghe, WMND [Article-Full-text]

Water, fire, air; earth and space are the basic natural elements in the planet. The processes of clay ware manufacturing can be described as a result of the above mentioned elements. At the beginning clay was used as a ...
An Investigation of Integrated Facilities Management Functions in Sri Lanka

Weerasinghe, RPNP; Sandanayake, YG [Article-Full-text]

Facilities Managers often confront with the issues of people•, technology, and processes in the built environment. Therefore, they need to be armed with the new business solutions and technical innovations in order to cater ...
How Construction Sector Responds to the Economic Recession: Identification of Adverse Effects and Sustainable Responsiveness

Perera, KTPK; Waidyasekara, KGAS [Article-Full-text]

The construction industry is a significant source of income generation to the economy contributing more than 9% of the GDP in Sri Lanka. Thus, the construction industry is concurred a direct positive correlation with the ...
Forging Sustainable Urban Futures for Asian Cities through Urban Waterfront Regeneration: Comparative Studies in Colombo, Bangkok and Singapore

Malone-Lee, LC; Kiang, HC; Melissa, R; Rahim, A; Hamid, A [Article-Full-text]

Urban waterways and waterfronts have always played an important role in the early development of Asian cities. However; over time, many of them have become polluted, abandoned and derelict. Nonetheless, thy remain relevant ...
Adaptations and Negotiations of Local People towards‘Development’: Case of Hambantota, Sri Lanka

Mariyathas, S; Sooriyagoda, K [Article-Full-text]

“Planners, designers and architects are not paying attention in knowing how things work in cities. On the contrary, they have gone to great pains to learn how cities have to work and what have to be good for people" (Jacobs, ...
Architecture of Emptiness: Human Flows as Generators Of Shapes In Future Architecture

Frdz, AM; Jorge, PF [Article-Full-text]

In this article we will try to discuss the existence of a series of haptic and perceptual indicators that allow us to correlate certain spaces as the most adequate for determined activities in an almost unconscious manner. ...
A Sustainable Road Construction Material for Low Volume Roads

Mampearachchi, WK; Gunatilake, MMDV [Article-Full-text]

The need of spending highway investments more efficiently is greater than ever before, due to escalation of prices of the conventional paving materials (asphalt, concrete). Hence, the road designers are in the verge of ...

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