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Item Geo-Sociological analysis of Sri Lankan Cristian Fundamentalism: a case study of Kandy District(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Sumedha, K.; Fernando, W.V.N.Item SOCIO - ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY: A case study of three selected tourist destinations in the Nagombo coastal belt(Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2005-Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2005) Fernando, W.V.N.Tourism in Sri Lanka, as a major source of income and employment has developed gradually since the late 1960s and has become a priority sector of the economy today. In spite of its positive effects, tourism has also some adverse social and cultural impacts. The present paper deals with such adverse social and economical impacts on the communities living in Negombo area of the Western coast, where tourism related activities are more intense. Case studies have been conducted in Palangatura, Eththukala and Kudapaduwa GN divisions of Negombo DS division and, field survey techniques such as structured interviews administrating questionnaires and field observations were conducted covering different segments of the society in the area. At the field survey there were three types of questionnaires administrated on different respondent that is Householders, Hotels and Shopkeepers. In each case the sample size was 30. The study revealed that some social and cultural changes have taken place subsequent to the adoption of tourist related activities by the traditional fishing communities. Both direct and indirect employment opportunities have been generated in the tourist sector, leading to multiplier effects in associated areas. The economy and lifestyle of the people have also undergone many parallel changes like child abuse and other illicit activities. The dropout rates of school children have also increased due to the harmful environmental impacts of commercialization. The findings of the study provide a sound basis for formulating favorable policies for developing tourism sector in the area.Item Item Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Christian Community in Sri Lanka with Special reference to Puttlam District(Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Fernando, W.V.N.Religion has been considered as a “phenomenon which has an unprecedented potentiality in transforming strongly the human thinking, history and the civilization.” Religion, which can be identified as a menti fact (Haggett, 1977) related to the human being within the culture, can be named as a hidden agenda that is being implemented to attain the power of the world today. Although religion is introduced as one aspect of the culture or the human thinking, in a geographical context it can be defined as a complex process that spread through time and space. Studying these temporal and spatial processes is the core of the Geographical Science today. In Sri Lanka, Christianity was firmly established through the western colonial enterprises. However, the impact of socio-economic and political influences of Christianity can still be identified in Sri Lanka specially in the coastal regions. The objective of this research is to study the spatial and temporal patterns in Christian Community, in the Puttlam district. Puttlam is selected for this study as it is widely acknowledged that it is an area where Christianity is widely spread. Therefore, this study foreground that there are obvious temporal and spatial diffusion patterns is effect within the said region with regards to the spread of Christianity. When a religion spread within a particular geographical unit basically geographical factors strongly influence. However, attraction of devotees towards a particular religion and determination of the temporal and spatial pattern of diffusion of the religion is more and strongly influenced by non-geographical factors than the geographical factors. Similarly, with the elapse of time influence of geographical factors become zero and non-geographical factors further contribute to attract people towards religion and its spatial diffusion. Specially, attraction of devotees towards a particular religion does not act as an independent variable but the nature of these patterns of diffusions is determined by the variables or the factors such as education, employment, living condition, as well as the administrative structure of a country.Item Spatial and temporal patterns in Sri Lankan Christianity(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Fernando, W.V.N.Item Spatial and temporal patterns in, multiple modernity in Sri Lankan Christianity(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Fernando, W.V.N.The late twentieth century has seen far-reaching changes in the translocal cultural regimes known as world religions. This research examines the geography and meanings of recent changes in Christianity in Sri Lanka from a geographical point of view. It highlights the nature of the forces reshaping religious meanings and authority, the processes promoting conversion and standardization, and the implications of this religion refrigeration's for our understanding of late modernity itself. Though modernity is multiple and its temporal and spatial pattern is unique, this review suggests that Christianity confronts a similar structural predicament, related to the globalization of mass societies and the absorbent of late modernity.Item