Sengupta, Sushmita (2012) Concrete invasion: Colombo's marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to construction is to be blamed. Down To Earth, Vol.20 (18). pp. 28-29. ISSN 0971-8079
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Abstract
Sri Lanka’s largest city was once dotted with freshwater marshes. The picturesque beauty of the wetland areas, say elders, was breathtaking. Not any more. The marshes have been filled to construct buildings. The remaining ones are highly polluted and taken over with invasive plant species. It is for this reason that in the past few years Colombo has witnessed widespread floods.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Sri Lanka, Natural Disasters, Floods, Construction, Marshall Is. |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2022 10:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10796 |
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