Built Environment & Spatial Sciences: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) Concentration in Urban Context and its Public Perception
(2019)Urban air pollution has become a global issue and vehicle emissions, rapid industrialization, and urbanization are known to be the main contributing factors for air pollution. Therefore, air quality monitoring is essential ... -
Development of an Algorithm to Identify the Locations of Flood Victims Using Digital Image Processing
(2019)Floods are regular disasters that cause for the greatest economic losses in the world. Due to that, victims from flood disaster monitoring and the damage estimates are important to the population, government authorities also ... -
Change Detection in Land Surface Temperature Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Biyagama
(2019)Several studies carried out by different scholars have proved that the world climate got hotter during the last years. Most of the temperature increases since mid- 20th century has been caused by increases in ... -
Modification for End Area Rule Used in Volume Calculation of Highway Pavements
(2019)Volume calculation of earth work of road pavements is very important section in project cost estimation. Practically it is very difficult to calculate the actual volume of a pavement as the cross section varies by its ... -
Review of Impacts on Coastal Zone Due to Poor Riverine Flood Controlling Mechanism: A Case Study in Kalutara Coastal Zone, Sri Lanka
(2019)Sri Lanka has attractive coastal zone that contributes to the economic value of the country by promoting tourism-related activities. In addition, due to the existence of natural coastal features, the coastal areas of the ... -
Error Analysis for Volume Calculations Using Spot Reduced Levels
(2019)The volume calculation of soil to be excavated is important in construction projects for the cost estimation prior to the construction. Generally, it is carried through the spot heights, using a hypothetical grid ...