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Item Sustainable Solutions for Drinking Water Problem in the City of Matara(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Ranasinghe, W.C.; Sakalasooriya, N.This study emphasizes how to give a sustainable solution for drinking water problems and how to manage water resources in the Matara city using a sustainable water management system. The main objectives of this research are to identify drinking water issues, identify the main causes behind drinking water issues and suggest sustainable ways to protect drinking water resources in Matara Municipal Council Area because it has been the main hub of Development plan of Matara District. A mixed methodology has been applied for the research. Both Primary and secondary data were collected to achieve the research objectives. A questionnaire survey and interviews have been conducted. Beside them, secondary data sources such as maps, institutional data, and previous research reports will be referred for higher accuracy. According to the first part of the research has identified the major issues of drinking water in the City of Matara, The River Nilwala is the main source for the supply of pipe born water for the Matara municipal area. Water is taken for treatment at the intakes of Nadugala, Kadduwa and Balukawala pumping station to the treatment plants at Nadugala and Malimbada and treated in conformity with the prescribed standards. The treated water is then delivered by the storage tanks. Seventeen water tanks supply water to Matara. People who lived in the Matara Municipal Council area they don’t have the volume of water needed for daily consumption. A major aspect of the water crisis in Matara that purified drinking water is used for every kind of water requirement of households. The population growth in the Matara town is expected to increase in the future and the water resources should increase. Clean drinking water is the well-being in terms of health and economy. Ensuring access to clean water service is the first step in eliminating poverty and essential for the overall economic and social development of a country. Therefore in the second step will focus on sustainable solutions for the drinking water issue of the City of MataraItem Sustainability and Sustainable Development: A Discourse Analysis on Understandings and Perspectives of Educated Society Beyond Their Fields of Study(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Isabella, A.A.J.M.; Arathiya, P.; Wanniarachchi, W.S.A.Sustainability and Sustainable development should not always define with incomprehensible terminologies with restricted fields and disciplines. Despite the popularity of Sustainability as a concept in almost all the fields of study, research and debates, only a little is known about the understanding of public especially educated people who deals with it. The understanding cannot be a matter of the fields they belong to but a matter of their general knowledge. “Sustainability” encompasses all the disciplines as the understanding is wide and depends on the crisis in the world. Accordingly, University of Peradeniya is selected to be the locale of study where haphazard (convenience) sampling method is used within each faculty of the university to collect data. Highly qualitative data is collected during the study. The data is analyzed using qualitative technique of critical discourse analyses using Microsoft office Macros and Microsoft office word. “Sustainable” is a word used in most of the literatures on development after the setting of goals for future development by United Nations Organization. 2015 – 2030 is the period for implementing Sustainable Development Goals in order to gain sustainability in all the fields. Thus, sustainability is understood in different ways. The understanding on sustainability and sustainable development of university staff and students is not more than their fields of study. Their discipline influences the way they have understood “Sustainability”. Rather than people who deal with wide range of disciplines others have restricted their understanding while less important is given to the fields with weak connection with sustainability concept. The educated society shows less common understanding thus creating gap in the understanding of less educated general publicItem Issues and Influences Affecting the Global Tourism and Hospitality Industry(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Wijesooriya, T.N.Tourism and hospitality industry have become a pillar of economic growth in modern world and provides an enormous opportunity to achieve the tremendous economic, social, cultural, environmental and heritage value. Major factors that contribute to the variations in the industry can be identified as varying fashions, people’s expectations, technological development, business requirements etc. Being a sensitive industry, global as well as governmental issues and influences alike terrorist attacks, political instability, health pandemics, natural disasters, visa restrictions and tourism policies have affected to the growth of tourism and hospitality industry. Future advancement and success of the industry also depends on recognizing trends such as paid holiday entitlement, disposable income which will drive future lifestyle habits and consumer expectations. Influences from the external factors like cooperate social responsibility, ethical tourism and sustainability also classify as the key factors for the development of the industry. The purpose of the research on “Issues and influences affecting the global tourism and hospitality Industry” is to investigate the current issues and influences in the industry in a systematic way by analyzing it and provide recommendation for improve it for the future expansion. The data of the study is derived from the literature review, document analysis and observation. Practical implication of the study is to explore the issues and influences affecting in the industry within the key titles criterion of the tourism and hospitality industry and ultimately focusing on sustainabilityItem A Proposal for Sustainable Community Development through a Culinary Trail(In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Gunasekara, I.This research is focused on design a proposal to develop Sri Lankan community through sustainable tourism approach. Sustainability concept appeals to the development of Sri Lankan economy with the millennium development goals of United Nations. The culture is the prominent factors which can be developed as tourist attraction. In addition, Culinary is a part of the culture of any society. As it is consisted of food preparation techniques, methods, different ingredients, tastes and presenting styles it usually capture the attention of tourists. Since Sri Lanka has diverse sub cultures there is a high diversity of cuisine. The variation in Sri Lankan cuisines have been influenced by geographic and demographic diversity. Taking this factor into account the development of new tourism product which named Sri Lankan Culinary Trail has proposed by the research. This product is based on traditional cuisines and the service providers of this tourism segment are the local community whose benefit is focused on this research. This is an exploratory research which based on primary data collection method where a questionnaire survey carried out for market analysis. The respondents were local people who selected randomly based on Negombo coastal belt. The product will be a prototype implementation plan which can be developed up to national level.Item Sustainability vs Asian Urbanization: Lessons through Space Making at Pola in Sri Lanka(In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Liyanage, N.Sustainability is inextricably linked with the urban and will therefore inevitably rely on the life journeys of millions that live in those cities. Further, Mayor of NYC, Bill deBlasio, marking the opening of the summit 'Urban Resilience Summit 2017,‘ said ―Cities are at the forefront of local solutions to the global problems of climate change and inequality‖. World Urbanization Prospects report, ―Today, 54 per-cent of the world‘s population live in urban areas,‖ and ―…[will] increase to 66 per-cent by 2050… [adding] another 2.5 billion people to urban…, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa…‖ However, if Asia (and Africa) is leading the trend of urbanization globally, it is in Asia (and Africa) that the experiments to achieve a sustainable urban future should take place. Cities and the ‗life journeys‘ of diverse urban populations in the global West and South differ in their character, composition, aspirations and soul. Hence, imported spatial-solutions to achieve sustainability makes little to no sense. Perera (2013), argues that ―[to understand the Asian city and development] …the vast terrain of ordinary actors and spaces which are currently left out should be reflected in academic debates and policy decisions, and the local thinking processes that constitute these spaces need to be acknowledged, enabled, and critiqued.‖ Hence the historical and colonial process of importing urban solutions from the global West to solve urban issues in the global south is problematic though the slippery term ‗sustainability‘ continues to mask and justify importation. Exploring the link between sustainability—a Western discourse—and Asian urbanism is an emerging path of inquiry, this paper will first develop a broader understanding of 'sustainability' through a literary survey across sustainability studies, development, urban planning, and draw empirical evidence from social production of space, from an everyday perspective; It aims to show sustainability as something embedded in local ways of development and urbanization as opposed to bureaucratically imported solutions. It will examine the Pola (periodic market in Sri Lanka) focusing on everyday practices of sustainability in 'space making' both physically and socially in contrast to similar operations in a Pola re-developed by the state in the view of achieving urban modernity and sustainability. Building on the author‘s lived-in experience and ethnographic explorations of Pola as support staff to a Pola vendor for 3-months, the paper seeks anew understanding of sustainable-urban-future for fast growing Sri Lankan cities that brings everyday practices of sustainability into the realm of policy making and spatial planning. By creating room for ways in which sustainability is understood and practiced locally the national policies and programs can gain more mileage and authenticity compared to what can be achieved through mere importation of policy and urban solutions.