Moderating Urbanization and Managing Growth: How Can Colombo Prevent the Emerging Chaos?

Ranjith Dayaratne

No wp-2010-064, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the approaches to the planned interventions in the city and demonstrates how a uni-directional urban development has had a detrimental impact upon healthy growth and quality of life in a city where half of the population still live in slums and shanties. It shows that the city has been promoting high impact 'vertical growth' and argues that in the absence of healthy 'lateral growth', Colombo is unlikely to achieve its vision of creating a gracious city.

Keywords: Economic development; Economic policy; Urban planning; Urbanization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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