03983nas|a2200433 i 4500 20260818085941.0 020718s2001 th u m rtt 00| a1eng d .b11861630 AIT Thesis no.UE-00-06 Kuruparan, Periyathamby The degree of knowledge and skills for sustainable urban management in financial institutions in Colombo City, Sri Lanka Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 115 p. Thesis ; no. UE-00-06 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 Since environmental damage is increasing worldwide, it is having an economic effect and is of growing importance for banks. Banks are intensively uses of resources such as paper energy but their major impacts on the envirom11ent arises from envirom11ent indirectly tlu·ough their lending and financing activities. However, Increasingly, financial institutions try to assess environmental risks before granting loans or credit. Banks in general -although there have been exception -have been slow to face environmental liabilities, opportunities, and responsibilities. Though, the Banks in Colombo City are considerably forward toward the sustainable urban development and environment. The existing practices in the bank shows some interesting results including better in-house keeping, environmental risk assessment, enviro1U11ental products and services too. The Pollution Control and Abatement Fund and E-friends loan schemes are notable in Sri Lanka. In addition, the comparison of practices, knowledge and skills of the National development Bank of Sri Lanka (NDB) with the one of the leading envirom11ental practitioner UBS, shows the local bank can be a better green banking model. This research study the existing urban environmental policy and management practices of public institutions towards banks, the relations and links among them and explore the existing level of practices, knowledge and skills of sustainable urban management of banks. Then the research analyzes the changes that are needed in financial and public institutions and their relationships in order to contribute to sustainable development. Finally, the research tried to draw Strategies for sustainable urban development for the Banks in Colombo and formulate a set of reconu11endations includes the action plan for the financial institution and public institutions to ensure the sustainable urban development in Colombo City. Sustainable development Sri Lanka Colombo Financial institutions Sri Lanka Colombo Environmental aspects Zimmerman, Willi, Chairperson Jamieson, Walter, Examination Committee Swierczek, F.W., Examination Committee DAAD-Partial Scholarship, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. UE-00-06 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B11145 .b11861630 mnait u 240402 0 020718 m a u 4 mnait mnarc mnait 22 40 20 Barcode : 30050120844062 CREATED : 2014-04-28 RECORD # : i12792342 LPATRON : 1025749 LCHKIN : 2015-07-17 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 2 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160021001 CREATED : 2016-01-19 RECORD # : i1286979x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121016652 CREATED : 2020-06-08 RECORD # : i1328745x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 26337 26337 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-00-06 30050120844062 2026-08-18 08:59:41 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-00-06 30050160021001 2026-08-18 08:59:41 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-00-06 30050121016652 2026-08-18 08:59:41 1 2026-08-18 20