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Measuring the suitability of urban residential zones in Galle city: a gis analysis

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dc.contributor.author Jayasinghe, DBC
dc.contributor.author Hemakumara, GPTS
dc.contributor.author Hewage, P
dc.contributor.editor Wijesundara, J
dc.contributor.editor Dayaratne, R
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-08T07:53:12Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-08T07:53:12Z
dc.date.issued 2018-10-05
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22487
dc.description.abstract Urbanization is an unending process because increasing numbers of people are attracted to urban areas in the hope of finding better and more convenient living conditions. As a result, the demand for residential land in the areas surrounding cities has become very high. In fact, urban sprawl is a universal phenomenon that exists in most developed and developing countries today. Due to this, most cities now face the very challenging task of providing habitable land with better infrastructure to fulfill the residential demand.Under the prevailing situation though, most of the areas demarcated for residential use are unable to provide better facilities and living conditions for those wishing to move in there. This is a common problem in Galle, which is the Capital of the Southern Province and a densely populated city. According to the proposed zoning plan (2008-2025) of the Urban Development Authority, eight Primary residential zones have been demarcated within the Galle Municipal Council limits. This paper evaluates the prevailing challenges confronting these primary residential zones by measuring their suitability levels using four key criteria, which are, level of infrastructure, land value, road accessibility and proximity to town center. GIS based weighted overlay analysis has been applied to measure the level of suitability of each residential zone. Results of the analysis have shown that 0.41% of the land is highly suitable, 31% of land is moderately suitable, 63% of land is barely suitable, while 5% is quite unsuitable for residential use. Knowing this can help the planners and policy makers to monitor the urban land development process and formulate appropriate urban growth policies and strategies for the city. Apart from that, many stakeholders are trying to understand the nature of the residential property market that follows in the immediate wake of property development. This will be useful for the people who are looking for suitable and profitable places to purchase their residential properties and to identify the development level of the area. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Urbanization en_US
dc.subject Residential zoning en_US
dc.subject Residentialand suitability en_US
dc.subject Geographic information system en_US
dc.subject Weighted overlay analysis en_US
dc.title Measuring the suitability of urban residential zones in Galle city: a gis analysis en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2018 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 6th International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP- 2018 en_US
dc.identifier.place University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 48-70 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the 6th International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP- 2018 en_US
dc.identifier.email chathurika_jayasingha@yahoo.com en_US


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