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- The Colombo Metropolitan Region dominates the settlement system of Sri Lanka. It includes the legislative capital, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. It is also the foremost administrative, commercial, and industrial area and the hub of the transport network of Sri Lanka. Urban settlements outside this area are much… Read More
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The Colombo Metropolitan Region dominates the settlement system of Sri Lanka. It includes the legislative capital, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. It is also the foremost administrative, commercial, and industrial area and the hub of the transport network of Sri Lanka.
The Colombo Metropolitan (CM) area is the most important industrial, commercial and administrative centre in Sri Lanka. A major share of the country's export-oriented manufacturing takes place in the CM area, which is the engine of growth for Sri Lanka.
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Nov 13, 2020 · Colombo is the capital city of Sri Lanka, with a population of 612 000, although the city's metropolitan area contains 5.6 million people. It is the largest city in Sri Lanka when considering city size and population. Below is a map detailing the land use of this city. Because Colombo is a port city, and is has the biggest business district in ...
Dec 27, 2017 · The World Bank report revealed that Colombo city, the core of the CMA, is one of the fastest growing cities in South Asia. The rapid urbanization and a lack of urban planning and land regulations led to a measurable decline and destruction of wetlands and farmlands in Colombo.
- Suneth Saparamadu, Zhang Yi, Zeng Zongping
- 2018
Jun 1, 2002 · Located on the West Coast of the country, the Colombo metropolitan area accommodates a quarter of the country’s 18.6 million population, and is the economic and political core of the country. However, Colombo is a city of extremes.
- Basil van Horen
- 2002
The results provide a scientific reference for policy makers and urban planners working towards a healthy and sustainable Colombo Metropolitan Area. Urbanization has become one of the most important human activities modifying the Earth’s land surfaces; and its impacts on tropical and subtropical cities (e.g., in South/Southeast Asia) are not ...
Jul 17, 2016 · Abstract. Understanding urban growth spatiotemporally is important for landscape and urban development planning. In this study, we examined the spatiotemporal pattern of urban growth of the Colombo Metropolitan Area (CMA)—Sri Lanka’s only metropolitan area—from 1992 to 2014 using remote sensing data and GIS techniques.
