Land Use Management in Colombo Municipal Council Area

Research Article- DOI: 10.23953/cloud.ijarsg.494

Abstract

Colombo city is the commercial capital and the largest city in Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. It is the financial Centre of the island as well as a popular tourist destination. As the vast development in the city and the increase of the need of people, People used to gather in the city as well as around the city. So the land requirement of the city is being increased in various ways. So that monitoring the land use against the land use requirement is essential to identify the land use changing patterns in the city. The objective of this study is to detect the land use changes in the Colombo city Municipal Council area between years 2000 and 2016 using spatial data, non-spatial data of Colombo city and analysis data using GIS software.

Keywords Land use; GIS; Management; Monitoring; Changing Pattern

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23953/cloud.ijarsg.494