Built Environment and Spatial Sciences: Recent submissions
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Investigating the Thermal Comfort and Well-being of Differently Abled War Veteran’s Housing in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Wellbeing inindoor built environment has become a crucial research topic in relation to thermal comfort which help to improve sustainable builtenvironments. Thus, thermal comfort requirements ... -
Investigating the Potential of Utilising Simulation Studies to Identify UHI Mitigatory Strategies in Proposed Cities
(2022-09)Rapid development of urban areas catalyzed the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas. This led for the demand of more dwelling places. Urbanization and industrialization cause for the replacemen ... -
Contribution of green buildings towards achieving sustainability: A perspective of LEED-certified buildings in Sri Lanka
(2022-09): Recently, the focus on green buildings has fore fronted in countries. However, in the context of Sri Lanka, the number of green certified buildings seems to be still at a minimal level and the ... -
Sustainable Tourism in Hikkaduwa; Evaluations of Sustainability Parameters & Design Recommendations
(2022-09)This research intends to identify the factors that influence tourism industry of Hikkaduwa coastal area and to give an overall architectural guideline to implement resulting in sustainable tourism. ... -
Foreign funding construction projects in Sri Lanka: review challenges on Technology Transfer with the local stakeholders
(2022-09)Technology is an integral part of construction and domain factor with cost. Most of modern materials, plant, equipment and services are innovated by developed countries and their aim is to ... -
Analyse Factors Affecting the Delay in Building Construction Projects in Sri Lanka; Through the Interaction of the Project Team
(2022-09): Constructions are undergoing with an unfavourable situation with their cost overruns due to the delay issues and are exposed into the risk because of the inappropriate identification and minimizing of th ... -
Challenges Allied to the Effectiveness of the Environmental ImpactAssessment in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Environmental Impact Assessment is a structured program for evaluating and inspecting environmental factors, in order to support and aid the decision-making or the planning stage of a development ... -
The Impact of Cost Overrun Factors on the Project Performance in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The construction sector is an extremely vital business for the sake of the economic growth of the nation. However, this sector has been suffering significant issues by the inability to finish ... -
The Effectiveness of Health & Safety Training and its Impact on Construction Workers’ Attitudes in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Construction accidents happen due to defects on site environment or else defects on health and safety system. In the recent years, Sri Lankan construction industry experienced a considerable number of ... -
Shoreline Change Detection Based on the Monsoon Seasonality by means of ‘CoastSat’ toolkit
(2022-09)The sand accretion/erosion process is mainly responsible for the shoreline position changes in coastal zones. Understanding sand accretion/erosion response due to monsoon seasonality and anthropog ... -
Spatial Analysis Approach for Identification of Urban Sprawl Pattern: A Case Study of Matara DS Division
(2022-09)Spatial Analysis Approach for Identification of Urban Sprawl Pattern: A Case Study of Matara DS Division -
Mapping the pattern of distribution of Threatened Marine Species from the X-Press Pearl Ship explosion using GIS techniques
(2022-09): Over 90% of global trade is done by shipping the world, the marine sector supports the transportation of a variety of critical items while balancing the global economy and keeping countries ... -
Feasibility Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey for Outer Boundary Surveys
(2022-09)Cadastral surveying is the intellectual and technical process by which the boundaries of each of the land parcels within a given area are defined in a consistent manner. The main problems of the Sri Lank ... -
An Assessment of RTK and PPK Solutions in a CORS Network
(2022-09)Recently, Sri Lanka has developed a greater interest in surveying applications based on Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) technology. CORS Real Time Kinematic (RTK) can perform well ... -
Optimum Site Selection for Fire Brigade in Ella, Sri Lanka by Utilizing GIS
(2022-09)As an island nation, Sri Lanka is facing different disasters while the forest fire disasters that are dominant in the highlands of the country are significant. In the Ella neighbourhood, forest ... -
A Case Study on Detecting and Mapping Individual Coconut Trees using YOLOv3 in Conjunction with UAV Remote Sensing for Smart Plantation Management
(2022-09)Location and number data of individual coconut trees are important for surveying planting areas, predicting coconut yield, and managing and planning coconut plantations. This data had usually ... -
Spatial Pattern of Urban Expansion and Green Spaces: A Case Study of Tangalle Area, Sri Lanka
(2022-09): Urbanization responses to urban expansion, and changes in green spaces. Moreover, urban expansion has a significant impact on urban management. Urban forests (Green Spaces) provide benefits of the ... -
Implementing 6R Principles of the Circular Economy Concept in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2022-09)This study is focused on implementing 6R principles of the circular economy concept in Sri Lankan construction Industry and provides a criteria, that can be applied to uplift the adaptation towards the ... -
Challenges Encountered in Teaching English in Rural Sri Lankan Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Bandaranayake Secondary School in Kiriibbanwewa, Moneragala District
(2022-09)English language competency is a necessary skill in Sri Lanka. With this in mind, successive governments have implemented various approaches to strengthen English Language Education in the rura ... -
The Existing Sustainable Features in the Sri Lankan Road Construction
(2022-09)One of the world's greatest natural resource exploiters relies on the building and materials sectors for physical and biological support. The concept of sustainable development has been around for ...