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    Road traffic crashes and road configuration - a space syntax application
    (2014-04-09) Dasanayaka, U; Jayasinghe, A
    Transport provides a range of benefits to saaety in terms of mobili!], accessand economicgrowth. However, there are negative impacts of transport, not least in terms of environmental degradation, damage to proper(y, traffic accidentsand loss of life. In S ri Lanka, Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) are responsiblefor a substantial fraction of morbidity and mortali!] and are responsiblefor moreyears of life loss than most of human diseases. Taking its cues, this paper focuses on RTCs, the reduction of ivhich is an important aim of suitable transport policy worldwide. In this study, the authors have tried to delineate road specificfactors that collectivelYrepresent the principal cause of three (people, vehicle and road) out of RTCs and which is less concerned in Sri Lankan transport researchers. In that context, the primary o~jectiveof this paper is to identify a series of relationships between RTCs and roadpattern focusing road configuration fry using spacesyntax.
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    Stakeholder perception based approach to vulnerability assessment - case of Ratnapura municipal council area
    (2014-04-09) Mahanama, PKS; Ranasinghe, TKGP; Warusavitharana, EJ
    The intention of this paper is toprooide an alternative approach to thevulnerability assessment. Most of the present approaches that are involved in the vulnerability assessment process have been identified with various weaknesses. Most of the weaknesses are related to the elements that are considered in the approaches. Identifying the most suitable elements, when peiforming the vulnerability assessment, is crucial to the creation of disaster resilient cities. Stakeholder perceptions are vital to identify the site specific and disaster specific elements. This research develops an approach that is stakeholder perception based and mostlY relevant to the site specificities. Through the literature revielJ!, thirty three elements were identified lvith riference to flood and landslide. Factor anaiysis method was applied to identify the most influential elements among them through the stakeholder perception. The Vulnerability Assessment n/asperformed by applYing the identified elements, taking Rathnapura as the case study area.