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Street as a place: a study of sense of place in commercial streets of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Kethusha, K
dc.contributor.author Sooriyagoda, KG
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-28T04:54:51Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-28T04:54:51Z
dc.date.issued 2022-12-02
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19884
dc.description.abstract Commercial streets are places that considered as heart of our cities that are mostly intertwined with people’s everyday routines facilitating many activities, movements, and social interactions. The previous studies have researched the streets’ characteristics and qualities to enhance and evaluate the image of the streets and places. But, a less focus has been given to the commercial streets in the Sri Lankan context. The aim of this study is to identify the attributes that influence people’s sense in the commercial streets. The study was conducted in two commercial streets of Jaffna city and emphasis was given to qualitative analysis. Nine attributes namely access, number of people, street vendors, and variety of shops, trees and vegetation, walkways, lighting at night, pedestrians, and wall arts are found as influencing attributes for people’s sense in the selected two cases. It concluded that the activity as the most influential aspect which needs to be considered in facilitating the sense of place in the commercial streets. This paper will contribute to planners, architects, and designers to create and arrange the commercial streets as a meaningful place for people. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Architecture Research Unit en_US
dc.subject Commercial streets en_US
dc.subject Sense of Place en_US
dc.subject People en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title Street as a place: a study of sense of place in commercial streets of Jaffna, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Town & Country Planning en_US
dc.identifier.year 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 15th International Research Conference - FARU 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.place Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 40-48 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Independence and interdependence of sustainable spaces en_US
dc.identifier.email Kethusha1996@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email kokilas@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/FARU.2022.5 en_US


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