Groundwater overuse and farm-level technical inefficiency: evidence from Sri Lanka

Fluoride Problem in the Groundwater of Sri Lanka

Fluorine, the most reactive and electro-negative halogen on the earth, is an element that virtually never occurs naturally in its free, gaseous form In the form of fluorides, however, it is one of the most plentiful and wide spread of elements, standing seventeenth in order of abundance in the earth's crust. Fluorides occur in water, soil, rocks, dusts and the atmosphere. It is also present in ...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with an approximate area of 66 thousand square kilometers (UNO, 2008). The population is 20,409,946 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 98 (UNO, 2009). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 28% and the proportion above age 60 is 8% (UNO, 2009). The literacy rate is 97% for men and 99% for women (UN Statistics, 2008). The life expectancy at...

Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Lawyers in Sri Lanka

The aim of this study was to explore the associations between occupational stress measured through job demand control (JDC), and burnout among lawyers in Sri Lanka. The job demand-control model and the burnout model are among the most used theoretical frameworks that relate job characteristics to health and well-being of individuals. This study included 290 respondent lawyers practicing in the ...

Long term coastal erosion and shoreline positions of Sri Lanka

Coastal zone of Sri Lanka is a key to sustainable development of the country. The erosion of country’s coastal zone has been identified as a long standing problem. Therefore, coastal sediment dynamics around the country has to be identified to develop an appropriate coastal zone management plan. Remote sensing and GIS techniques can be used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of coastal p...

Women in Sri Lanka