How and Where is Urban Growth Analysis of Urban Growth in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

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Urban growth is a spatial and demographic process and refers to the increased importance of towns and cities as a concentration o f population within a particular economy and society! 1], The spatial formation and the dynamics of urban growth are important topics of analysis in the urban studies. At early stages scholars considered Western and Asian urbanization process to be a result of urban rural migration. Later various scholars felt that there arc some differences in the Asian urbanization process. In 1970 McGcc-Ginsburg concluded that Asian urbanization is not a result o f urban rural migration and that it is an economic transformation o f agricultural activities to non agricultural activities. Although, the McGce-Ginsburg model captures the sociodcmographic dimensions of the rapid urbanization process, little is known about the dynamics o f landscape structures in the emerging desakota regions in Asia. G1S and remote sensing applications have the possibility to identify this dynamic landscape structure. Aim o f this paper is to explore the landscape dynamics and socio demographic transition of Colombo district in Sri Lanka. It also expects to review its emergence of desakota regions in Colombo district.