Social & Environmental Urban Problems in Negombo.pdf

the purpose of this report is to identify the social and environment problems in Negombo area

1. Social & Environmental
Urban Problems in Negombo
In order of urban geographical aspect
From 13
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January to 05
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March 2024
Group C

2. Figure out the research topic Identify the social problems Identify the
environment problems Identify the intersection of social & urban problems
Analyzeand get the conclusion utilizing the urban geography
Objectives

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Follow the literacy review
Identify the problems
Collect the data
Analyze the data
Conclusion

4. Milestones

5. Summaryof the Research
WevisitedNegombocitytostudysocialandenvironmentalproblems.Wecollected
datathroughinterviews,observations,andsurveys,focusingmainlyontheFish
Marketarea.Wefoundseveralissues,likeinformalhousing,limitedland,and
environmentalproblemssuchasbeacherosionandpoorwastemanagement.We're
workingonadetailedreportusingthisdata,withabout75%oftheworkdonesofar.
Thisprogressupdatehighlightswhat'sbeendoneandwhat'slefttodo.

6. Challenges and Difficulties
•Difficult to collect detailed data.
•Topic is complicated.
•Ethical limitation and privacy to gathering information about social issues
•Ignorance of the residents about the existing issues.
•Having to face meteorological conditions such as strong sunlight during data
collection in the field.
•Some people criticize us thinking that this data is collected for political purposes.
•There were no way to verify data.

7. What we did during the field
•Divided to two sub groups
•collected data by questionnaires , observations and interviews.
•Identified environmental urban problems
•Identified social urban problems
•Identified the intersection of social and environmental urban problems
•Referring to institutional sources such as the police to confirm information
•Taking photos for presentations

8. The Goals That We Expect To Accomplish
•Identifying the intersection of social & environmental urban problems.
•Reveal the impacts of social and environmental urban problems to the urban zone.
•Illustrate the growth of social and environmental problems with the urbanization