The role of socio-spatial relationships in sustaining communities case study of low income settlements in Colombo

Abstract

LoI}) income settlements in Colombo represent communities that have high interdependence and social ties. Such communities are observed to be significantfy linked and dependents on their public and semi public spaces tuhere social activities and ties are reinforced and sustained. But it is observed that when such communities are resettled in other vertical or horizontal neighbourhoods such socio-spatial relationships are ignored and hence results in disruption of communities and loss of social ties. Therefore the existing socio-spatial relationships in such settlements can be considered as an asset to the settlement that urban designers and Architects must recognize in future resettlement programmes.