• Fourth International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016 - Pre Text 

  Wijesundara, J; Dayaratne, R [Conference-Full-text]
• The impact of socio-sensory knowledge on place making 

  Palipane, K [Conference-Full-text]

  The emergence of ‘mega cities’ is a growing phenomenon. It is seen as an undeniable manifestation of modernity. But who’s idea of modernity? Many cities in emerging nations caught up in the global process of urban regeneration ...
• The impact of forced evictions on the livelihoods of the urban poor: the case of a development induced displacement in korail, dhaka, bangladesh 

  Sonia, I [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper talks about such a case from April 2012, which involved an eviction of a section of the biggest informal settlement Korail, in Dhaka. The eviction has brought into focus the need for a coherent urban poverty ...
• Rural urban migration, what happens next? 

  Islam, S; Tabassum, T [Conference-Full-text]

  If urban migration trend is compared worldwide, developing countries have a higher percentage. This is because the number of people added each year escalates to add more to the already increasing population. We have ...
• Towards an urban renaissance in bahrain: regeneration of waterfronts in cities 

  Hammadi, F.A. [Conference-Full-text]

  Waterfront areas have always been an important part of the urban settings in providing public access to the waterfronts while there are also that cities try to preserve for the best use and practice. Many cities have ...
• Design guidelines for child-friendly cities, case study: firoozeh neighborhood in kerman, iran 

  Azad, M; KouroshAfzali; Azad, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Recent years have seen a rapidly growing public debate about the welfare of children around the world. According to UNICEF, a Childfriendly City is a system of good local governance committed to the fullest implementation ...
• Temporary urban interventions for effective place-making in shopping streets: special reference to pettah, colombo 

  Wijekoon, N; Wijesundara, J [Conference-Full-text]

  Asian cities contain a unique heterogeneity of social cultural backgrounds, which has a significant existence of bazaar type or informal sector with open type temporary and mobile activities that are more flexible, quick, ...
• Physical attributes of pedestrian space that facilitate the perception of safety: with special reference to kandy grid city 

  Ranasinghe, A; Wijesundara, J [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper explores a link between pedestrian space based safety facilitating strategies formulated for urban settlements. Pedestrian spaces which can be simply address as streets and alleys are major elements of a city. ...
• Designing for sri lankan elderly a study on conducive colours for elders homes 

  Jayawardhana, J.W.N.S; .Hettiarachchi, A.A; Amarasekara, D. [Conference-Full-text]

  Aging of population in Sri Lanka is found to be increasing in an alarming rate. As per the estimations of the department of census and statistics, 1/5 of the total population (20%) will be above60 years by 2030. This may ...
• Revisiting the concept of smart cities in the indian context” – lessons from contemporary sustainable urban growth theories 

  Jayprakash, C [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper broadly aims at understanding the concept of smart city movement and development from Indian perspective. An attempt is made to review and understand the concept and definitions of smart cities in India and ...
• Loss or gained? an analysis of green spaces in city of colombo between 2010-2015 

  De Silva, K. H. D.W.; Ranwala, S.M.W.; Gunawardene, A [Conference-Full-text]

  Green spaces are an essential component in urban infrastructure and their heterogeneity influence the services they provide to mankind. During the last five year period a significant change in the landscape of City of ...
• Promoting urban development and managing cultural heritage: critical issues of cultural revival in bahrain 

  Ayesha, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Alongside rapid urbanization of the region and the city, Bahrain has placed a significant emphasis on the revival of historical cultural and built heritage, in recent years. Focused on attracting global attention and ...
• Role of spatial hierarchy in resettling the urban poor:implications of spatial configuration on privacy and interaction 

  Karunanayake, K.G.T.N.; Coorey, S [Conference-Full-text]

  The Government organizations in Sri Lanka often resettle the urban poor in high-rise housing. Such housing interventions often do not acknowledge the spatial relationships and organizations of such communities which play ...
• Factors influencing the effectiveness of human behavior in designed landscapes: two case studies in Sri Lanka 

  De Silva, S; Hettiarachchi, A [Conference-Full-text]

  Urban recreational spaces are meant for people to gather, relax, refresh and improve their interaction, thus should be designed consciously and sensitively to have a positive impact on a person’s cognition. The indicator ...
• Analytical study on sense of safety in urban landscape spaces 

  Jayasinghe, Y. A. O. D.; Gunasena, K [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper examines the user behaviours relative to sense of safety in urban landscape spaces. Reconciliation of feelings, emotions and behaviours of user due to image of the space; it may be comfortable or uneasy. ...
• Reclaiming traffic influenced urban residual spaces for the public: special reference to Colombo 

  Weththasinghe, A; Wijesundara, J [Conference-Full-text]

  Although highly populated districts like Colombo, suffer from decrement of open public spaces, there are many unused areas within the city which has not considered for its full potential. It’s observed that most of them ...
• Spatial factors that contribute to the leftover spaces in cities: a study with reference to Colombo 

  Fernando, H R P; Suresh, E A T [Conference-Full-text]

  The evolution of urban city in certain instances lead to disturb the quality of city spaces, Spaces of a city play a vital role in treating people with respect in terms of keep the city spaces alive and safe. However ...
• Integrated work-space module for informal micro metal industries of zinzira, keraniganj, dhaka 

  Barua, S [Conference-Full-text]

  A silent industrial revolution has been taking place on the banks of river Buriganga, Zinzira, Dhaka. In comparison with other giant industries, Zinzira have been playing a significant role off the record in recent years. ...
• Spatial patterns and human behaviours: a study of urban public spaces in Kandy. 

  Jayasundara, N; Botheju, P [Conference-Full-text]

  Rejection of architectural projects, urban designs and resettlements area major concern in Sri Lankan and worldwide architectural field. Throughout a vast architectural discourse, there are clear identifications that ...
• A study of Moratumulla timber cluster: agglomeration theory 

  Anuradha, C; Bandusena, P [Conference-Full-text]

  “Cluster” means purely a grouping. Industries and firms are geographically concentrated as clusters. Location behaviour of firms of a particular industry tends to be clustered together in space as clustering enables ...

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