Built Environment & Spatial Scienceshttp://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/38792024-03-29T09:45:45Z2024-03-29T09:45:45ZAuto-generate Landmine Path, Digitize and Visualize the Data for the Sri Lankan ContextNadeesha, DMIMMeththananda, RGUIVandebona, Rhttp://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/32902023-04-26T11:32:49Z2020-10-01T00:00:00ZAuto-generate Landmine Path, Digitize and Visualize the Data for the Sri Lankan Context
Nadeesha, DMIM; Meththananda, RGUI; Vandebona, R
Landmines could be identified as
affordable and effective defensive weapon, but
it has many complexities. Human deaths and
injuries, agricultural land degradation,
destruction to infrastructure, environmental
destruction, economic cost for demining
humanitarian aid and etc. Those complexities
cause due to the unconventional landmine
fields which could be find it difficult to demine.
To avoid that, landmines had to be laid
according to universally accepted methods in
a standard pattern. As per the International
agreements, Sri Lankan security forces also
follow the standards in warfare. But their data
recording mechanism is manual and not
efficient.The objective of this study is to
introduce a new system to record positions of
landmine data in digital format. The design of
this research was accomplished in three
stages, identification of current practice of
data recording, develop the computer
program to generate locations of landmines
and data visualization and analysis using the
result of the computer program. Therefore,
through reviewing existing mechanism, lapses
of existing system could be identified. By
developing a computer program we could be
able to auto-generate locations of each
landmine on a landmine pattern by two initial
inputs. Matlab has been used to develop the
program which is a very powerful platform.
Qgis is a highly demanded spatial data
manipulating system, which is utilized in the
visualization and analysis of data. The
proposed system will be more convenient,
efficient, effective, and accurate system that
will avoid the malpractices of recording
landmines.
2020-10-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Workforce Diversity on Employee Performance in Sri Lankan Construction IndustryDahanayake, WEhttp://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/32892023-04-26T11:10:03Z2020-10-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Workforce Diversity on Employee Performance in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
Dahanayake, WE
Workforce diversity provides
heterogeneity to a workforce thereby making it
a strategic capability to provide competitive
advantage to organizations. Effective
management of diverse human resource in the
right manner can attract profitability to
organizations as human diversity enhances the
flow of novelty, creativity and innovation. This
research study aims to investigate employee
performance in construction industry in
Southern and Western provinces of Sri Lanka.
Out of numerous workforce diversity factors,
age, educational background, work experience
and attitudes were selected as the independent
variables for the study. When conducting the
research,120 questionnaires were distributed
among employees engaged in the construction
industry to collect data through simple random
sampling technique. The results indicated that
there’s a positive impact of diversity in terms of
age, educational background, attitudes and
work experiences on employee performance.
The outcome of this study would benefit
organizations in providing potential
considerations to the management and
workforce from different perspectives which
would enable the distinguishing of dimensions
of workforce diversity variables to further
improve employee work performance.
2020-10-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Colour on Worker Performance and Satisfaction in Sri Lankan Office Buildings with Reference to Bank Buildings in Gampaha DistrictBulugahamulla, BPPNPremarathne, KDHJHettiarachchi, AANawaratne, NMRAThttp://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/32882023-04-26T10:59:47Z2020-10-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Colour on Worker Performance and Satisfaction in Sri Lankan Office Buildings with Reference to Bank Buildings in Gampaha District
Bulugahamulla, BPPN; Premarathne, KDHJ; Hettiarachchi, AA; Nawaratne, NMRAT
Colours helps to generate spatial
qualities in architecture and affect the
psychological and physiological condition of
the user. Colours can influence on wellbeing
and provide impact on human behaviour.
Careful use of colours can create harmonious
spaces and change the behaviour of the users
positively. colour schemes play important role
in office working environments.
Office is a place where, employees spend their
majority of time. Banks are a specific office
type which deals with money. office
environment affects directly, in shaping the
day of a person, his moods, performance and
satisfaction.
Main objective of this study is to enhance the
awareness of designers and facility managers
in the banks on the importance of colour
schemes to improve bank employee’s
performance and satisfaction.
Three Sri Lankan office buildings with
reference to banks in Gampaha district
selected and see how colours have been
supportive or less conducive towards,
performance and satisfaction and to find out
most important colour scheme for the
increase performance and satisfaction. Three
different bank environments in Gampaha
District were selected for this study.45, were
employed as participants.
Sample size was selected considering the
People who facing directly to the selected
colours while working.
Primary data were collected using researcher
made questionnaire regarding the factors
related to respondent’s (A) basic information,
(B)comfortability regarding applied colour
scheme and its effect on the performance (C)
comfortability regarding existing physical
environmental factors, (D)colour scheme
preferences for the working environment. (E)
job satisfaction. Data were analysed
descriptively.
2020-10-01T00:00:00ZContribution of Built Environment on Inclusive Urban Design: with Special Reference to Selected Transport Related Public Spaces in Galle, Sri LankaKumara, GPNNSanjunee, SMMPremarathna, MLNHhttp://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/32862023-04-26T11:09:42Z2020-10-01T00:00:00ZContribution of Built Environment on Inclusive Urban Design: with Special Reference to Selected Transport Related Public Spaces in Galle, Sri Lanka
Kumara, GPNN; Sanjunee, SMM; Premarathna, MLNH
Designing architectural spaces is
thought to contribute to social inclusion,
eventually satisfying all components of the
society. The building and space characteristics
have a powerful impact on the quality on
peoples ‘lives. It's all about the choices the
planners, developers or architects make. And
those choices can either encourage or restrict
people's well-being. With parallel
technological innovations to these built
environment and sociological research, many
characteristics have been added to the built
environment that empowers availability,
security and feeling of belonging. This
scenario is also apparent in developing
nations as the bulk of the population belongs
to the poor and low-income groups.
Furthermore, the suggestions for growth are
always subject to other factors such as policy,
financial factors and profit. With regard to all
these problems, there have been numerous
summits and conferences on maintaining
social inclusion, achieving general
sustainability. Among them, the Sustainable
Development Goals 11 is one of the most
prominent in the process of transforming
towns into more livable urban buildings and
also highlights social inclusiveness as a major
need. The whole research aims to promote
social inclusion and defeat the present
exclusivity. Social exclusivity leads to arise in
social inequity, which is today's primary social
problem. In overcrowded government areas
such as the Galle bus stand and the Galle
railway station, these problems are very
evident. The objectives of this study are to,
identifying the probability of exclusive design
to create social inequality, understanding and
defining the Social Inclusion as a concept, and
then identify the potentials of inclusive design
on overcoming social issues.
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