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Towards Equitable Progress

Essays from a South Asian Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvK. Locana Gunaratna

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This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-29
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSouth Asia Economic and Policy Studies
Antal sidor167
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811342745

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Dr. K. Locana Gunaratna is a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka. He is an architect trained at the AA School in London who received his Master’s in City Planning from Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Colombo. He has led many professional associations including the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka, the Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Presently, he is a partner at Gunaratna Associates, Chartered Architects, Engineers and Planning Consultants, Colombo, where he uses his extensive experience working with the government in areas such as the Ministry of Urban Development and Mahaweli Development Board. His research focuses on urban spaces and development in Sri Lanka, a topic on which he has written extensively. His publications include the books Spatial Concerns in Development: A Sri Lankan Perspective and Shelter in Sri Lanka: 1978–1991.

Part 1: Basic Concerns.- Chapter 1. Development: the Concept.- Chapter 2. Sustainable Development.- Chapter 3. Science, Ethics and Development.- Chapter 4. Climate Change: the Facts.- Part 2: Spatial Concerns.- Chapter 5. Managing Climate Change.- Chapter 6. Managing Urbanization.- Chapter 7. Urban Primacy.- Chapter 8. Conserving Cultural Heritage Sites.- Chapter 9. A National Spatial Policy.- Part 3: Conclusions.- Chapter 10 Summary of Conclusions.-Chapter 11. Sustainable Development.