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The Role of planned townships for regional Development (a case study of Thambuttegama township.

Withanage, W.K.N.C. (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014)

Over the past few decades, the role of small towns as service centers in regional development was a controversial subject of debate, whether they perform key functions required for regional development, both in developed ...
A Rethinking to Integrate Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Resources Management of Sri Lanka.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Gunathilaka, M.D.K.L.; Mishra, P.K. (Springer, 2024)

Indigenous knowledge (IK) is the special information that is restricted to a specific culture or civilization. It is sometimes referred 10 as traditional science, folk knowledge, local knowledge, and people's knowledge. ...
An application of the remote sensing derived indices for drought monitoring in a dry zone district, in tropical island.

Wijesinghe, W.M.D.C.; Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Ranagalage, M.; Abdelrahman, K.; Fnais, M.S. (Elsevier, 2024)

Recent research has shown that droughts have intensified in South Asia over the past two decades. As a natural disaster, this has severely impacted people’s livelihoods, especially in the dry zones of Sri Lanka. Thus, to ...
A performance evaluation of random forest, artificial neural network, and support vector machine learning algorithms to predict spatio-temporal land use-land cover dynamics: a case from lusaka and colombo.

Mutale, B.; Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Shen, J.; Abdelrahman, K.; Fnais, M.S. (Frontiers, 2024)

Reliable information plays a pivotal role in sustainable urban planning. With advancements in computer technology, geoinformatics tools enable accurate identification of land use and land cover (LULC) in both spatial and ...
A quality of life index for the rural periphery of Sri Lanka using GIS multi-criteria decision analysis techniques.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Gunathilaka, M.D.K.L.; Mishra, P.K.; Abdelrahman, K.; Wijesinghe, W.M.D.C.; Mishra, V.; Tripathi, S.; Fnais, M.S. (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2024)

Spatial evaluation of the region is associated with the assessment of the Quality of Life (QoL). Despite numerous research endeavoring to define, measure, quantify, and map the quality of life, there exists a consistent ...
Monitoring deforestation, forest health, and environmental criticality in a protected area periphery using Geospatial Techniques.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Abdelrahmanල, K.; Singhල, R. (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

Protected areas in South Asia face significant challenges due to human disturbance and deforestation. The ongoing debate surrounds the recent surge in illegal encroachment of forest buffer zones in the Musali divisional ...
Evaluating the Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urbanization in Prefecture Cities of China Using SNPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Data.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Shen, J. (Gazi university, 2024)

Ensuring the well-being of urban communities hinges on sustainable urban planning strategies informed by current data, particularly in China since urbanization has been one of the most significant demographic shifts in ...
An ecotourism suitability index for a world heritage city using GIS-multi criteria decision analysis techniques.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Wijesinghe, W.M.D.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Abdelrahman, K.; Mishra, V.; Fnais, M.S. (Elsevier, 2024)

The concept of ecotourism has experienced a significant surge in popularity over the past two decades, primarily driven by the multitude of adverse impacts associated with mass tourism. The objective of the study was to ...
An Assessment of Spatio-temporal Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics Using Landsat Time Series Data (2008-2022) in Kuliyapitiya West Divisional Secretariat Division in Kurunagala District, Sri Lanka.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Jayasinghe, B.C. (Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka., 2024)

The main aim of the study is to detect the changes of land use land cover (LULC) in Kuliyapitiya West Divisional Secretariat division during 2008-2022. Following the download of Landsat images in the study area, several ...
A GIS-based framework for flood hazard vulnerability evaluation in Thudawa area, Sri Lanka.

Nuwanka, M.W.R; Withanage, W.K.N.C. (Inderscience, 2024)

Tue objecti,·es of our research were identifying and classifying flood risk areas into different classes in Thudawa area, Sri Lanka, and developing a geographical infonnation system (GIS) model to identify flood nilnerability ...
Indexing habitat suitability and human-elephant conflicts using GIS-MCDA in a human-dominated landscape.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Gunathilaka, M.D.K.L.; Mishra, P.K.; Wijesinghe, W.M.D.C.; Tripathi, S. (Elsevier, 2023)

Concerns for biodiversity loss, wildlife conservation, and habitat destruction have dominated the policy agenda worldwide for decades. Unsustainable human-induced development and negative interaction between humans and ...
Applicationof GIS, Multi‐Criteria Decision‐Making Techniques for Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones: A Case Study of Thalawa Division, Sri Lanka.

Wijesinghe, D.C.; Mishra, P.K.; Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Abdelrahman, K.; Mishra, V.; Tripathi, S.; Fnais, M.S. (MDPI, 2023)

Groundwater resources are depleting due to phenomena such as significant climate change and overexploitation. Therefore, it is essential to estimate water production and identify potential groundwater zones. An integrated ...
Extracting and Evaluating Urban Entities in China from 2000 to 2020 Based on SNPP-VIIRS-like Data

Withanage, N.C.; Shi, K.; Shen, J (MDPI, 2023)

It is crucial to evaluate the expansion of urban entities to implement sustainable urban planning strategies in China. Thus, this study attempted to extract and evaluate the growth of urban entities 270 prefecture cities ...
Theoretical Framework and Approaches of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Withanage, W.K.N.C.; Gunathilaka, M.D.K.L. (Springer, 2022)

Long before BrundLland. the concept of words like stability. balance, hannooy. tJ1e economics of narure, or performance had gained widespte.):f recognition. People in the Pleistocene era lived sustainably. l)'iog their ...
A Geographical information System-based multi-criteria decision analysis of potato cultivation land suitability in Welimada Divisional Secretariate, Sri Lanka.

Jayasinghe, A.D.S.; Withanage, W.K.N.C. (Indian Council of Agricultural Research,The Indian Potato Associatation., 2021)

The purpose of the research was to apply the GIS approach to find land suitability for potato cultivation in Welimada Divisional Secretariat (DS). The task applied GIS-MCDA and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). For the ...
Detection of the changes of land use and land cover using remote sensing and GIS in Thalawa DS Division.

Wijesinghe, W.M.D.C.; Withanage, W.K.N.C. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., 2021)

Land immensely supports billions of people all over the world giving different livelihood options for their survival. The land is in a dynamic nature both spatially and temporally. Due to various socio-economic factors, ...
A GIS-Based Spatial Variations Analysis of Water Quality in Domestic Wells in The Buttala Area, Sri Lanka.

Wimalasena, K.H.M.D.P.; Withanage, W.K.N.C. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., 2022)

Water quality can be identified as the main agent of human health. Different approaches and techniques can be used to analyze groundwater quality. Among them, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is one of the approaches ...
Urban-rural interactions and role of planned townships in North central province, Sri Lanka: An empirical investigation of functions for rural development approach.

Withanage, W.K.N.C. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., 2018)

Whether a settlement may urban or rural it performs different roles as commercial, administrative centre for surrounding regions. Settlements act as central places representing a particular tier of the settlement ...
The Impact of the Learning Environment of Resident English Camps in Achieving the Pledged Oral Competency of the Students: A Case of Selected Camps in Kandy, Nittambuwa, and Kurunegala.

Molagoda, H.M.T.M.H. (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2016)

Resident English Camps have acquired a wide spread popularity at present owing to their controversial challenge that they are capable of originating an orally competent individual within their fleeting course period of ...
Effectiveness of Resident English Camps in Enhancing Oral Competency: A Case of Selected Camps in Kandy, Nittambuwa, and Kurunegala.

Molagoda, H.M.T.M.H. (Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka., 2017)

Resident English camps have acquired wide spread popularity at present owing to their controversial challenge that they are capable of originating an orally competent individual within their short course period of a one ...

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