A Study of the city form of Negombo and it's evolution pattern.

Abstract

City as a complex human settlement has different origins and evolution patterns. Each city has it's own origin due to many reasons. They have come to their present city form after many changes to the original city form. But the reasons change from one place to another. Sri Lanken cities also change from one to another due to their origin and their evolution pattern. Therefore to understand the problems of urban designing there must be a proper idea about the evolution of a particular city. Therefore for this study Negombo was selected due to few reasons. They are the importance of the Negombo City which has a long history. The other reasons are that it 's importance as a major city center in today's context, and the problems faced by the city due to various developments in and around the city.