Author: Yamuna Devi Ganesen D’Cruz
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-93-27
Year: 1993
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology
Examination Committee: B Lefebvre (Chairperson); R. W. Archer, Karl E. Weber (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study deals with issues related to the supply of land and housing for t he middle-income-groups within the Colombo Urban Area of Sri Lanka. The Colombo Urban Area, a subregion within the Colombo Metropolitan Region, is made up of the Colombo Municipal Area and t he suburban ring . The Colombo city be ing t he administrative capital of Sri Lanka, the Colombo Urban Area is important to the middle income group who are the predominant employees of the administrative sector. Congestion in the CBD of the Colombo city in the l at e seventies, which caused an outflow of r etail businesses from within the CBD to locations along the Galle Road, and the decision of t he government in 1980, to move the administrative center from the Fort area in the heart of the city to, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, in the suburbs , caused an escalation in land prices in arsss dominated by middle income groups at ths time. The middle income groups ha.cl to move further into the suburbs, even to the periphery of the Colombo Metropolitan Region, in search of affordable land and housing. Land and housing needs of t he low i ncome groups are taken car e of by the state . The private sector caters to t he needs of t he high income groups while t he middl e income group is neglected by both the public and private sectors . The private sector finds t he returns from middle income housing insufficient. This study looks at t he possibility of involving the public and private sectors in a collaborative venture in an effort to provide affordabl e housing to t he middle income group within the Colombo Urban Area while making it possible for t he private sector to generate sufficient returns. The findings of the study is that affordabl e Middle income housing can be provided successfully through coll aboration of the government with private devel opers. It is however difficul t for the private developer to make a profit while keeping middle income housing affordable . It is suggested to introduce cross subsidy where high inc
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science
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