02098nam a2200241   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000290007324501050010226000520020730000100025949000230026950001620029250200580045452009670051265000440147970000410152370000440156470000480160871000800165681000550173685600650179120260818134431.0240398         th                  eng    a.b106992111 aDevapalasundaram, Rasiah14aThe impacts and effects of growth centre on rural surroundings :ba case in Jaffna region, Sri Lanka  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1977  a94 p.1 aThesis ;vno. 1210  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand  aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977  aThis research attempts to modify the existing methods of finding  economic impacts of growth centre and to study the socio-economic impacts and effects of growth centre in Jaffna region of Sri Lanka. There is very little research clone on this line and it is hoped that the findings of this study is useful in updating regional plans and national  policies in developing countries and in particular in Sri Lanka.  The study is done in two streams, one, finding out the economic impact of the growth centre in rural surroundings through the spending pattern  of various entities and the other, studying the socio-economic effects of the centre in the spatial pattern of the socio-economic effects of the centre in the spatial pattern of the surroundings. The results are found to be agreeing with favourable nature of growth centre in the regional context and the potentiality for further growth is pin pointed together  with some recommendations for development.10aCommunity developmentxResearchxJaffna1 aKammeier, Hans Detlef, eChairperson1 aGoede, J.H. de, eExamination Committee1 aExell, Robert H.B., eExamination Committee2 aThe Provincial Government of British Columbia,  Canada, eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. 1210  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23247