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099 9 _aAIT Thesis no.UE-00-06
100 1 _aKuruparan, Periyathamby
245 1 4 _aThe degree of knowledge and skills for sustainable urban management in financial institutions in Colombo City, Sri Lanka
260 _aBangkok :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c2001
300 _a115 p.
490 1 _aThesis ;
_vno. UE-00-06
500 _aA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
502 _aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
520 _aSince 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.
650 0 _aSustainable development
_xSri Lanka
_xColombo
650 0 _aFinancial institutions
_xSri Lanka
_xColombo
_xEnvironmental aspects
700 1 _aZimmerman, Willi,
_eChairperson
700 1 _aJamieson, Walter,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aSwierczek, F.W.,
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aDAAD-Partial Scholarship,
_eScholarship donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tThesis ;
_vno. UE-00-06
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