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Colombo City Development Plan History

Patrick Geddes Plan - 1921 Physical planning for Colombo has been developed since the colonial era. The first major planning initiative was prepared by Sir Patrick Geddes in 1921, with the planning area confined to the boundaries of Colombo City. The central vision of the plan was to transform Colombo into the "Garden City of the East." The tree-lined streets, such as Bauddhaloka Mawatha, and the grid-pattern road network in Cinnamon Gardens are enduring legacies of the Geddes Plan, and these areas continue to be among the city's most desirable residential neighborhoods. Geddes also proposed the expansion of the Colombo Port, the establishment of public parks and a zoological garden, and improvements to the city's transportation network. His plan laid the foundation for the development of key internal roads, including the present-day R. A. de Mel Mawatha (formerly Duplication Road), which was constructed to provide an alternative route and relieve traffic congesti...
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Town planning history of Sri Lanka

City planning in Sri Lanka traced back to the 3rd century B.C, and Anuradhapura City which is the first city in the country, was planned by the King Pandukabhaya . The city and human settlement located near  Malwathu oya  river. Accoding to the mahawamsa the city evolution in three stages.The first stage is establishment of small agricultural communities on the malwathu oya river banks. Then the growth of the city center and third stage development of monasteries.Since then the capital city was moved to several locations due to security reasons, and these cities were well planned and some features are remarkable even today.                 Sri Lanka came under the domination of the Portgues, Dutch and the british from year of 1505.The Duch period contributed to the traditional architecture of the buildings. The development of present town planning principals and practices traced back...
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The development of city planning in Sri Lanka

Early History The Sri Lanka has a long history of spatial planning going back more than 25 centuries, as evident from the past excavations in Anuradhapura city. The first Nagara (city) to emerge in Anuradhapura, the first and longest surviving organized capital of Sri Lanka and the major city of the present North Central Province. The City acquired urban characteristics in 377 B.C., functioning for many years as a royal and aristocratic residential district called Anuradhagama . According to the chronicle of ' Mahavansa ' , King Pandhukabaya converted Anuradhagama to an urban settlement called Anuradhapura with built necessary services and defense to make it his capital. Anurahdapura was the beginning of the ‘ Nagara System’, the concept of urban settlements in Sri Lanka. Anuradhapura was the capital of Sri Lanka until 993 A.D. During this period many settlements developed to the status of Nagara, even though they did not reach standards comparable to Anuradhapur...
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