State Activities Impacts on the Residential Mobility Dynamics in Kandy and Suburbs
Residential mobility is becoming a significant phenomenon in the contemporary urbanized world. City residents engage in mobility, which influences the shaping and reshaping of urban spaces. Residential mobility takes place due to several determinants, and urban development activities of the state...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/47767/1/STATE%20ACTIVITIES%20IMPACTS%20ON%20THE%20RESIDENTIAL.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/47767/ https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/ich2019 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Residential mobility is becoming a significant phenomenon in the contemporary urbanized world. City
residents engage in mobility, which influences the shaping and reshaping of urban spaces. Residential
mobility takes place due to several determinants, and urban development activities of the state are one of
the significant structural factors among them. Kandy is the second-largest city in Sri Lanka which has been
declared as a World Heritage City in 1988 by the UN. The Government of Sri Lanka has implemented
urban policies, regional and city plans, urban development programmes, and strategic projects to preserve
the unique urban characteristics of Kandy city. The objective is to assess how far state activities are
responsible for the present residential mobility dynamics in Kandy city and its suburbs. The attributes of
urbanisation and resultant neighbourhood changes discovered from the study conducted between 2016 -
2018, by collecting secondary data from relevant sources. Primary data which was acquired through indepth
interviews, key informant interviews, unstructured discussions and observations comprises a part of
the study. The study resulted in identifying the dynamics of an urban neighbourhood and its residential
mobility changes. State activities are directly and indirectly stimulating the urban residential mobility
diffusion waves towards Kundasale suburb that promote Kundasale as a popular residential suburb of
Kandy city. The process, prospects, and products of urbanisation and residential mobility are discussed in
detail in this paper. |
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