Browsing Social Sciences by Author "Sakalasooriya, N"

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Community adaptation for frequent urban flood the case from Keravalapitiya GN Division

Buddhima, S.M.D; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

This study investigates the community adaptation for a frequent urban flood. In tropical climates, urban flash floods have been increased and the vulnerability is also increased due to climate changes. According to ...
Differentiations of development standards of the colonists settled under the Mahaweli Development Programme in Sri Lanka; A comparative study of Teldeniya and Uttalapura villages

Dissanayake, H.K.V.S; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Mahaweli development program is considered as a successful project implemented in Sri Lanka. People from different parts of the island were provided lands and the main objectives of this multipurpose development project ...
Environmental Sensitivity of farmers in intensive subsistence agriculture: The case from Madagama Agrarian Service Area in Moneragala

Priyadarshani, H.M.R; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

The farmers who engage in intensive subsistence agriculture directly depends on the natural environment and its processes. Accordingly, the farmers must have an appropriate environmental understanding of their ...
Factors affecting Underutilization of land in rural peripheral areas by Dompe Divisional Secretariat.

Priyadarshani, K.N; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Agriculture is primarily linked to the rural sector. Accordingly, an agricultural society can be found in the rural sector. Dompe Division can be identified as a rural peripheral area. The land is important as an asset in ...
Factors determining the changes in agricultural land use pattern in Nugethota Grama Niladari Division: 1971 -2008; A political ecological analysis

Ayeshika, W.K.D; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

The land is the most important natural resource and it provides fundamental human needs such as water, air and food and minerals etc. However, the equilibrium of the environment has been collapsed at present due to ...
Factors of rural chronic poverty in Sri Lanka: The case from Ridiyagama Grama Niladari Division

Madhusanka, K.A.L.; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

As a lower-middle-income country, Sri Lanka has different types of poverty including chronic poverty. Though all the successive governments of Sri Lanka have implemented different types of poverty reduction programs ...
Factors of transforming knowledge, attitudes, and skills of the undergraduates of the Faculty of Arts in Sri Lankan Universities; A case from the Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Kelaniya

Deeshana., G.D.T.; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

A large number of students are recruited to the faculties of arts in the state university of Sri Lanka. The Faculty of Social Science of the University of Kelaniya also has a large number of undergraduate compared to ...
Progress of the university internship program on professional skill development of undergraduates in Faculty of Social Sciences in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Hansika, D.G.N; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

This study evaluates the Progress of the university internship program on professional skill development of undergraduates in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Kelaniya. The majority of Arts graduates ...
Reasons for rapid urbanization in Kadawatha, Sri Lanka

Madubashini, H.A.C.; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Comparatively to other developing countries, the growth of cities and urban populations is very slow in Sri Lanka. Kadawtha was a small township on the Colombo-Kandy road and it has been rapidly developed during the last ...
Scopes for increasing saving opportunities in rural low-income households; with special reference to Kalahagala Grama Niladari Division

Gunasekara, S.C.P. D.S; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Sri Lanka is a developing country for a long time and now it has become a lower-middle-income country. In the development process, human resource contributes a lot and household plays a major role. Their income ...
Scopes in the non-agricultural sector livelihoods for the rural community; The case from Siripagama Grama Niladhari Division

Nilmini, K.D.G; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Sri Lanka has long been recognized as a country with an agricultural economy. The rural people were accustomed to a self-sufficient way of life based on agriculture. Agriculture contributed much to the Sri Lankan economy. ...
Social impact of chronic poverty in rural areas of Sri Lanka; An experience from Ridimaliyadda

Gunasekara, R.M.R.D; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

This is an analytical study on the social impact of chronic poverty in the rural sector in Sri Lanka. According to the statistics of the Department of Census and Statistics, the Ridimaliyadda Divisional Secretariat (DSD) ...
Spatial distribution pattern of religious populations in Gampaha District

Sewwandi, W.K; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Religion is a phenomenon with a tremendous potential to transform human thought, history, and civilization. Geographically, religion can be identified as a complex process that spans time and space. Sri Lanka can be ...
The transformation of an ancient tank – based village (Wew Gama) in the past 50 years. The case from Bongama village

Wijesooriya, W.M.I.R .; Sakalasooriya, N (Department of Geography, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020)

Due to the giant development projects, the social-economical and the environmental aspects of the traditional and ancient tank–based villages have started to fade away. Especially because of the Mahaweli development ...

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