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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Colombo (Sri Lanka)."”.

  1. Industrial water pollution in a surface water system in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

    Mohamed Ali, Sithy KadijaDurham University1991

    durham Repository record

  2. Movin' on up : mainstreaming under-serviced urban communities in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Wickrema, Marinne DhakshikeMassachusetts Institute of Technology2005

    … offers an early look at a radical shift in Sri Lankan urban housing policy regarding slums in the capital city of Colombo. During the 1980s, the Sri Lankan government achieved widespread urban improvements by mobilizing community-led on-site slum upgrading. However, since the late 1990s, the …

    mit Repository record

  3. Fostering virtue among autorickshaw drivers in Sri Lanka: a case study of an urban sharing institution

    Jensen, C.Middlesex University / Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS)2024

    … roles in a prominent ride-sharing app company in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This research builds on the empirical studies conducted by Moore (2012), Fernando and Moore (2015), and Chu and Moore (2020) with the application of Virtue Ethics based on a conceptual framework drawn from MacIntyre’s work. …

    middlesex Repository record

  4. Essays on the economics of urban transportation

    Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018

    … third paper uses cell phone transaction data in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Dhaka, Bangladesh, to construct and validate detailed urban commuting flows, and to then infer urban locations with high labor productivity.

    mit Repository record

  5. A pathway to sustainability in urban sanitation for developing Asian countries

    Abeysuriya, KR2008

    … of this work is explicated with reference to Colombo, Sri Lanka. My research highlights the role of dominant perspectives and worldviews in the organisation of sanitation practice. A review of sanitation history exposes changing paradigms, and the potential for developing Asian countries to …

    uts Repository record

  6. The Sri Lankan Tamils - a comparative analysis of the experiences of the second generation in the UK and Sri Lanka

    Cowley-Sathiakumar, Shanthini RebeccaUniversity of Leeds2008

    … that explore the experiences of the middle class Sri Lankan Tamil second generation in the UK. This study looks to remedy this by comparing the experiences of the educated middle class second generation in the UK with their contemporaries in Sri Lanka. By focusing on two complimentary research …

    whiterose Repository record

  7. Urban Design and Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Warm Climates. Studies in Fez and Colombo

    Johansson, ErikHousing development & management2006

    … of Fez, Morocco, and the hot humid climate of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Both cities have highly uncomfortable climates and are experiencing problems of rapid population growth, leading to considerable horizontal expansion of urban development, characterised by inefficient land-use. The research …

    lund Repository record