E-Repository Kotelawala Defence University: Recent submissions
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Factors Affecting on Shifting from Current Cultivation to Hot Pepper Cultivation along with Contract Farming Practices: A Case Study in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka
(2021-12-20)Even though Capsicum Chinese (Hot Pepper) has been recognized as a profitable crop for contract farming in all over the world, Sri Lanka has not yet recognized its economic value and this sector remains unexplored ... -
Economic Sensitivity of Non-Working Females for Wage Differential Compensation: Empirical Evidence from Sri Lanka
(2021-12-20)The pathway towards gender equality, poverty eradication and inclusive economic growth can be built by women empowerment. This study addresses the problem of inadequate female labour force participation in South ... -
Rethinking of the Adaptability in Mass Housing for Pandemic Situations
(2021)Pandemics spread due to poor housing conditions. Diseases have resulted in inducing the concept of mass housing, evident from housing projects initiated after the Great Plaque in London. Current pandemic, i.e., ... -
Contribution of Architecture on Juvenile Rehabilitation Process in Sri Lanka
(2021)The process of reintegrating juveniles to society from juvenile rehabilitation facilities is as important as the process of rehabilitation. If the rehabilitation process is not conducted properly it would rather be ... -
Use of Urban Pockets to Enhance Walkability in Office Neighbourhoods in Colombo Urban Context with Special Reference to Fort, Colombo
(2021)Urban pockets have been recognized as resourceful collective spaces for urban functions in a modern-day city. Also, urban design and planning of major developed cities incorporate the walkability concept in order ... -
Compact City as a Response to the New Normal: Designing Resilience to Encounter Pandemics
(2021)The Coronavirus is a pandemic that defined the greatest crisis of the modern world, and it is the most critical challenge that the world has faced since World War II. Considering the effect and the scale of the outbreak, ... -
Developing a Cost-Effective Web-Based Communication and Information Management System for Construction Projects
(2021)Construction projects face several problems due to the lack of well-organized communication and information management within construction sites. The traditional communication and information management system in the ... -
Study of Quantity Surveying Roles and Skills Requirement under Green Building Development in Sri Lanka
(2021)With the development of the construction industry, modern Quantity Surveyors diversify their roles as cost managers and perform multidisciplinary job practices at present. Green building is one of the recent trends ... -
Career Development of Young Construction Professionals in New Millennium: Application of Sun Tzu’s Art of War Principles
(2021)The construction industry in the new millennium has shown a variety of challenges for young professionals. It is recognized that early career experience can play a significant part in lifelong professional capability, ... -
Implementation of Collaborative Procurement Method to Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2021)Construction procurement methods have developed for decades under four main categories to address different financial arrangements, different relationships between parties, different project delivery methods and to suit ... -
A GIS Based Approach for Identifying a Suitable Location for Residence in the Ratnapura Municipal Council Area
(2021)When considering Sri Lanka, with the developments in the country, the infrastructure of the urban city areas is being developed year by year. As a result of these conditions, people in rural villages are moving to ... -
An Analysis of Suitable Location for Establishing Telecommunication Tower at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Southern Campus
(2021)Wireless telecommunication is broadly utilized around the world and Sri Lanka, particularly due to increased use of mobile users, and the conversion of mobile phone into a primary essentiality of a person. High ... -
An Operational Model of Managing Vocational Training for Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2021-12-20)Vocational training is a key means of strengthening employability of all including those with visual impairment and blindness. Although Sri Lanka too invests significantly on providing vocational training for people with ... -
Mitigating the Effects of E-learning in Higher Education Sector in Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021)This study sets out to examine the efficacy of e-learning in the Sri Lankan higher education sector that was ignited by the emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing a random sample of 350 undergraduates ... -
Replanting Tea Lands of Smallholding Sector in Sri Lanka: A Case Study in Galle District
(2021-12-20)Replanting and also rehabilitation of tea determine both the productivity and sustainability of the tea industry. To achieve the accepted norm of increasing annual replanting rate up to 2%, replantation should be performed ... -
Addressing Barriers to Integrate Social Sustainability in Construction Industry
(2021)The social, ecological, and financial scopes of sustainability are all influenced considerably by construction operations. Regardless of the fact that there is significant literature on financial and ecological sust ... -
An Analysis of Professional Participation of Registered Licensed Surveyors in Land Partition
(2021)Statistics of land ownership in Sri Lanka shows that approximately 82% of land in the country is under state control while only 17.7% is privately owned, and as a tool of administration and management of private ...