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Sustaining The Image Of The City: What Matters More? An Investigation In The City Of Colombo

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dc.contributor.author Rathnasekara, SN
dc.contributor.author Munasinghe, JN
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-06T08:54:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-06T08:54:07Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12
dc.identifier.issn 2012-6301 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18953
dc.description.abstract How a city is known to its inhabitants is largely impacted by its physical environment and this knowledge in turn, impacts the behavior and the sustainability of the city. From Kevin Lynch's landmark study in 1960, many studies attempted to explore the 'image of a city' and revealed that the image was a collectively held psycho-spatial phenomenon that evolved with the changes take place in its physical environment. Colombo, the primate city of Sri Lanka has experienced a fast growth both internally and externally over the last four decades. A large number of highrises, modern shopping facilities, etc., have been dramatically changing its physical environment. This study investigated the changes evident in the image of the City of Colombo as a result of ongoing developments through the Findings of a survey, carried out during 2019-20 period. Analyzing the free recalling responses of 150 participants from different age and user categories, the study reveals that there is a shift in the constituents of the image of Colombo, and the emerging high-rise developments and modern facilities do have, but only a marginal impact on this shift. What matters more are the spaces and physical elements experienced at the ground level. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Architecture University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject City Image en_US
dc.subject Spatial Reference Points
dc.title Sustaining The Image Of The City: What Matters More? An Investigation In The City Of Colombo en_US
dc.type Article-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.year 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.journal Research Journal of the Faculty of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.issue 01 en_US
dc.identifier.volume 08 en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 24-34 en_US
dc.identifier.email sanojir66@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email jagathnm@uom.lk en_US


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