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Urban & Regional Development in Sri Lanka K.V.Dharmasiri Director General, Urban Development Authority Colombo, Sri Lanka A Paper Presented at the Seminar on Regional Development Strategy – 17 th –30 th August 2005, Seoul & Anyang City Country Report

Management Structure of Urban Development Authority Board of Management Chairman Director General – CEO – (K.V.Dharmasiri) Deputy Director Generals –Planning, Projects, Finance Directors in charge of Divisions (Planning, Human Resources Management, Finance, Legal, Lands & Land Development, Design & Project Management, Information Systems & GIS, Enforcement, Landscape & Environmental Planning, Engineering Services, Recoveries etc)

Sri Lanka at a Glance Geography : North Latitude East Longitude Maximum Length 432Km Maximum Breadth 224Km Land Area 65,525sq.km Population:18.5 Mn in 2001 Growth Rate 1.3%

Sri Lanka…..(cont.) Administrative Units :09 Provinces 25 Districts 325 Divisional Secretary Divisions 160 Electorates

Location in the Region Sri Lanka

Provincial Map

Indicators of Economic Development Agriculture / GDP % share Domestic Agriculture /GDP Export Agriculture Tea, Rubber, Coconut/ GDP Plantation Exports/Total Exports Manufacture /GDP % share Manufacture /% of Total Exports GDP per Capita {US($)

Regional Breakdown of the GDP in Sri Lanka Province GDP Rs.Mn. Percentage Western 174, Central 41, Southern 35, Northern 14, Eastern 19, North-Western 38, North-Central 20, Uva 18, Sabaragamuwa 29, Total 394, Source:National Physical Planning Department

Issues on Regional Development Convert Sectoral Planning process in to a Regional Planning process Link the Regional Development with the potential and resources available in the region. Guide and direct the investments both by private and public sectors in the regions. Link inter and intra regions with the major infrastructure networks. How to absorb IT facilities for the Regional Development. Buildup linkages between Sri Lanka and other Asia Pacific Countries.

Issues on Urban Development Comparatively among the other Asian Countries, Sri Lanka has shown a vast disparity among the 1 st Order City and other Cities in terms of population and other infrastructure developments, 2 nd order cities do not appear to be in the Urban Hierarchical order

Urban Hierarchical Structure 1 st Order City No 2 nd Order Cities 3 rd Order Cities

Existing Laws & Regulations 41 Numbers of Legislative Enactments Important Enactments on Urban & Regional Development -Urban Development Authority Act -Town & Country Planning (Amendment) Act -National Planning Council Act -Board of Investment Act -Provincial Council Act -Urban Council Ordinance -Municipal Council Ordinance

Vision To achieve a higher rate of urbanization through planned urban development based on national and regional physical planning policies and programmes

Vision on Regional Development

Vision on Urban Development

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