Toward sustainable development: Lessons from vernacular settlements of Sri Lanka

From modern urban perspectives, indigenous housing practices are regarded as undeveloped, backward, and require improvements. They may be valid for measuring on the basis of standards alien to the communities. However, these perceptions have obfuscated the appreciation and potential adoption of holi...

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Main Author: Ranjith Dayaratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers of Architectural Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263518300190