Browsing 2019 IRC Articles by Issue Date
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Right to Water in a Humanitarian Perspective: A Comparative Legal Analysis between Sri Lanka and South Africa
(2019)Right to water is essential for human survival. Thus, this research aims at identifying the importance of right to safe drinking water and sanitation in a humanitarian perspective. Therefore, this study mainly focuses ... -
Current Challenges Faced by Quantity Surveying Professionals in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2019)Quantity Surveyor is an important consultant who’s facing a number of challenges in the construction industry. Significant changes and challenges have been directly influencing to the Quantity Surveying profession at the ... -
An Analysis of the Multidisciplinary Approach of a Quantity Surveyor
(2019)The profession “Quantity Surveying” (QS) plays a major role in the field of construction. Initially the work scope of a traditional Quantity Surveyor was limited within a considerable amount of work. Due to the fact ... -
Banning Social Media for the Purpose of National Security; A Cry out for a Regulated Legal Mechanism to Monitor Social Media Platforms.
(2019)Technological advancements have paved the way to strengthen the rights of the public. Equally these rights are abused when they are transmitted to the virtual medium. The rights guaranteed by International Convention on ... -
Evaluation of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) Concentration in Urban Context and its Public Perception
(2019)Urban air pollution has become a global issue and vehicle emissions, rapid industrialization, and urbanization are known to be the main contributing factors for air pollution. Therefore, air quality monitoring is essential ... -
Project Performance Development through Adoption of Transformational Leadership into the Profession of Quantity Surveying in Sri Lanka: A Gap Analysis
(2019)Sri Lanka as a developing country has faced several changes in the sector of construction industry during last few decades. The changes have caused effects to many professions including the profession of Quantity Surveying ... -
Humanizing the Business: A Legal Analysis on Business and Human Rights Law in the 21st Century
(2019)Whilst economic growth is important for a country to develop, it is also important that the said development is achieved in a humane manner with due recognition given to the rights of people living in that country. ... -
Flood Prediction System for Kelani River
(2019)Maternal physical and mental health is standout amongst the most essential factors of a woman’s life. Physically or Mentally unstable mothers cannot function properly. Therefore, innovative solutions to selfmanagement ... -
The Role of Agent Based Modelling for Fulfilling Pitfalls of Urban Planning Process: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of Sri Lanka
(2019)After 30 years long ethnic crisis, Sri Lanka was recognized as a place for development due to its inherent potentials as an island nation. Currently, Colombo and main city centers are experiencing the development boom ... -
Modelling and forecasting monthly petroleum crude oil prices using a hybrid time series model
(2019)Crude oil is a naturally occurring resource composed of hydrocarbons and other organic material. Crude oil price exert a great impact on the global economy. Therefore, modelling and forecasting crude oil prices are ...