Articles
Appraisal on user satisfaction for neighborhood sustainability; A case from Colombo
Authors:
Jeeva Wijesundara ,
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, LK
U. G. D. Weerasinghe,
University of Moratuwa, LK
About U. G. D.
Department of Architecture
L. S. R. Perera
City School of Architecture, LK
Abstract
Neighbourhoods are the most-local communities of human habitat. Inhabitants sense that they intuitively realize what a ‘good neighbourhood’ mean, for their satisfaction, with the degree of neighbourly interactions; mutual support, gathering places, convenient and appealing environment, or in a ‘bad neighbourhood’, for dissatisfaction; danger, anti- social interaction, exclusiveness, isolation, inconvenience, and dereliction.
In this paper, the inquiry into both architectural and environmental behaviour, is a growing body of qualitative, descriptive research, focusing on human responsiveness to a place, a neighbourhood. Particularly the study expresses neighbourhood as built environments, converging to the environmental experiences of residents. In response, they are the non-physical sensual component of built forms and spaces that refines the built environment inscribing a living quality into it. The study investigates the physical formation of the neighbourhood and it reveals the degree, of user satisfaction; to which the neighbourhood space is sensed from the viewpoint of inhabitant engagement.
How to Cite:
Wijesundara, J., Weerasinghe, U.G.D. and Perera, L.S.R., 2023. Appraisal on user satisfaction for neighborhood sustainability; A case from Colombo. Built-Environment Sri Lanka, 13(2), pp.39–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/besl.v13i2.7673
Published on
20 Feb 2023.
Peer Reviewed
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