Papers by Professor P I N N A W A L A Sangasumana
Impact of Internal and International Migration: South Asia
A GIS Model for Site Selection of Industrial Zones in Sri Lanka
Site selection of industrial zones in Sri Lanka has become a critical issue and a sensitive decis... more Site selection of industrial zones in Sri Lanka has become a critical issue and a sensitive decision making process that may create a range of socioeconomic and environmental problems over time. Hence, several site selection criteria and appropriate methods for establishing industries have to be concerned by the decision makers and authorities before locating industrial zones in particular regions. Though, at present the enormous data volume and complex criteria regarding this field are available, the suitable site selection process is still problematic. Therefore, this paper assumes that, in some extent, such failures can be overcome by applying Geographic Information System (GIS) and Multi-criteria Decision Making Techniques into the site selection process of industrial zones. In this study, a GIS based model is proposed to screen most suitable locations for establishing Industrial Zones in Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat Division of Colombo District, Sri Lanka. In methodology, ini...
Impact of Internal and International Migration: Country Study Sri Lanka
Floods are one of the meteorological events that often record as sever catastrophic natural hazar... more Floods are one of the meteorological events that often record as sever catastrophic natural hazard in the world. Flooding ranks as the most damaging forms of natural disaster in Sri Lanka. Since the most of the populated urban spaces are being subjected to the flood hazard, urban flood hazard management has come to the fore in the field of disaster management. Many urban areas of the Western Province in Sri Lanka, especially North Colombo Region were severely affected due to the flood hazard in May 2016. Therefore, the main objective of the study is to identify the issues and challenges of urban flood hazard management process and introduce the appropriate framework for enhancing the existing flood hazard roadmap. The methodology of the research focuses to select one Urban Council in the region: Kolonnawa. In the methodology, among the 13 GN divisions in the Kollonnawa Urban Council (KUC), two GN divisions were selected by using judgement sampling method for the convenience of the s...
This paper analyses an important faith related episode in Sri Lankan humanitarian history. Nearly... more This paper analyses an important faith related episode in Sri Lankan humanitarian history. Nearly threedecades of civil war in the country between the government forces and the LTTE (the Tamil separatists) hadjustified concerted and widespread interventions from both local and international NGOs. The 2004 tsunami,which havocked coastal Sri Lanka, strengthened these justifications and led to a manifold increase in thenumber of NGOs present in the country. This attracted much public and media attention toward NGOactivities in Sri Lanka lead by allegations of abuse of funds, failure to deliver, lack of coordination, etc. Aforemost allegation perhaps is the conversion of Buddhists using unethical methods. Allegations of suchabuses of the Christian faith led to wide spread protests led by the Buddhist monks which created tryingconditions for all humanitarian actors in the country; not just FBOs. The suspicion of Faith Based Organizations (FBO) activities exploded in the final phase of th...
The idea of economic progress became commonly discussed with the advent of the work of Adam Smith... more The idea of economic progress became commonly discussed with the advent of the work of Adam Smith and thereafter even while economists were starting to measure national income, the sustainability of growth was still questioned. A lot of recent debate on the search for proper indicators for “development�? goes beyond limitations of GDP as a sole measure for societal progress. In this context, measuring and understanding of subjective social development has become one of the major challenges in terms of formulating appropriate indices. It is seen that, happiness being promoted as an unconventional indicator of measuring sustainability of both man and environment in the present development discourse through several attempts such as World Happiness Summit, World Happiness Report, Gross National Happiness Index (GNHI) and Better Life Index (BLI) etc. However, those attempts still have failed to explain many of the factors that impact most on people’s material, social and spiritual lives....
The Children Left Behind by International Migrants from Sri Lanka
Child and Youth Migration, 2014
Y% S ,xldfõ N+ f.da ,S h ia :dk kdulrKfha § Ndú; iudkd¾: mohka ys wjldYS h jHdma ;s h ms ka kj, i... more Y% S ,xldfõ N+ f.da ,S h ia :dk kdulrKfha § Ndú; iudkd¾: mohka ys wjldYS h jHdma ;s h ms ka kj, ix>iq uk ys ñ") ã' fla ' ã' ta ' rKùr iy fla ' t,a ' ;s ir i;a ir )[email protected] yeÈka ùu ia :dkh (Place) hkq nyq udkfhka hq ;= " ixlS ¾K w¾: ks rEmK iys ; ixl,a mhls ' iudÔh wkkH;dj (Social identity) f.dvk.d .ekS fï § ia :dkS h;dj b;d jeo.;a idOlhla fõ' tneúka ia :dkh hkq iudÔh" wd¾Ól" foa Ymd,ks l" fN!;s l yd ft;s ydis l l% s hdj,S ka f.a tl;= jls ka f.dvkef.k wkq N+ ;s hls (Basso,1984). bx.% S is NdIdfõ § Place hka k jHjydrhg .kq fha ms ys àu" N+ ñ Nd.h" ia :dkh" fldÜGdYh hk w¾:fhks ' .% S l NIdfjka Plateia yd ,;s ka NdIdfjka Platea hk NdId rEm thg Ndú;d lrk ,oa foa jmißh" N+ ñh" y;/ia N+ ñh hk w¾:fhks ' th c¾uka nis ka ort and Rqum f,i y÷ka jd fok w;r tys woyi ms ys àu hs ' fpla nis ka Misto a PrÈtor hk rEmh ia :dkh yd wjldYh hk w¾:fhka Ndú;hg .kS ' Y% S iq ux., Yíoflda Ifha ia :dkh hkq ms ys àu" wjldYh" ;ek" bvu" Oq rh" ;k;= r" iómh hka k hs ^fida r; ys ñ 1952&' N+ f.da , úoHd;a ul wOHhkhka ys § ia :dkh hkq úúO m¾hdf,da lkhka Tia fia ú.% y flfrk ixl,a mhls ' th jvd;a .eUq ßka úYa f,a IKh l< hq ;= nj Tim & Jim (2004) ola jhs ' ia :dkS h;dj yd ms ys àu hkq ls is hï ck lKa vdhulf.a wkkH;dj ms <s ìUq lrk m% Odk wjOdß;hls ' mq oa .,hs ka ;u wkkH;dj f.dvk.d.kq ,nka fka ia :dkS h idOl uQ ,s l lr.ks ñks (Kevin Lyrch, 1960). iudc wkkH;dj f.dvk.d .ekS u i|yd fiiq m% foa Yhka f.ka ;uka g wkkH ,la IK iys ; m% foa Yh fjka lr .; hq ;= h' uu ljq o@ wms wfkla ñks iq ka w;ßka fjkia jka fka wehs @ hka k ls is fjl= úuiQ úg Tjq ka g mq oa .,dkq noa O j yd ia :dkS h idOl u; ms <s ;= re ,ndÈh yels h' ia :dkh yÿkd.ekS fï l% s hdj,s h (Identity Process) ia :dkh iu`. iïnka O jQ ffcj úoHd;a ul" fN!;s l yd iudÔh ieleia u u; f.dvkef.hs ' ia :dk ms <s n| yeoEÍu (Reading Places) jQ l,S nyq udkhka Tia fia is ÿl< hq ;= ixlS ¾K jHdhduhls ' ia :dkh ms <s n| yeÕS u (Sense of Place) iy ia :dkS h wkkH;dj (Place identity) hk idOl ia :dk kdulrKfha § n,md we;s m% n, idOl jYfhka ±la úh yels h )' tla wka ;hls ka N+ f.da , úoHdfõ yrh ks fhda ckh lrk ia :dkh" wjldYh yd m% foa Yh ms <s n| ixl,a m;a wfkla mis ka N+ -jd.a úoHdfõ b.eka fjk ia :dkS h iïnka O;dj yd ia :dkS h wkkH;dj ms <s n| ixl,a m;a ta ldnoa O ùfuka ia :dk kdulrKh yd iïnka O kHdhd;a ul moku f.dv kef.hs ' wxl 01 rEm igyks ka ±la fjka fka tlS kHdhd;a ul mokuhs '
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