| dc.description.abstract | The Greater Hambantota project is a large development project in Sri Lanka. The
major goal of this new super city plan is to make it the second-biggest regional and
urban development centre or just to work as a deterrent to Colombo and, as a result,
decentralize economic growth in Sri Lanka. The town's profitable location to be
developed for a prosperous city centred on the port of Hambantota is vital for
international interconnections due to its efficiency and the benefit of the 25-kilometre
quick journey between the harbour and Mattala Airport.
Those development plans were implemented within a short time and it causes
changes mainly through reductions of green areas, an increase of manmade features
like buildings, and even changing the land use in some areas. Such factors affect
temperature fluctuations. Through this research, a study is conducted on the
temperature variation due to the rapid development of the Greater Hambantota
project. Remote sensing (RS) technology integrated with the Geographic Information
System (GIS) system was used to conduct this study (Yue et al., 2013). | en_US |
