TY  - BOOK
AU  - Devapalasundaram,Rasiah
AU  - Kammeier,Hans Detlef
AU  - Goede,J.H.de
AU  - Exell,Robert H.B.
ED  - The Provincial Government of British Columbia,  Canada, 
TI  - The impacts and effects of growth centre on rural surroundings: a case in Jaffna region, Sri Lanka
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 1977///
CY  - Bangkok
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Community development
KW  - Research
KW  - Jaffna
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand; Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977
N2  - This 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
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