
Mohamed Thahir MaheesUniversity of Colombo · Department of Sociology
Mohamed Thahir Mahees
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Sociology of Natural Resources, Water Resources Managment, Human wildlife Conclicts, Solid waste Criris, Volunteerism
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The climate, livelihood and lifestyle of people in the dry zone in any part of the world are closely interconnected. The livelihood, lifestyle and culture of people depend on the natural environment which is generally known as ecological determinism. Moreover, people adjust themselves according to the changes in the ecological system that take plac...
AbstractBackground: Use and addiction to commercial preparation of Smokeless Tobacco (CPSLT) is creating new socio-cultural issues and health challenges in Sri Lanka. The objective of this sociological study is to investigate and analyse the socio-cultural factors that influence CPSLT use Sri Lanka to enable development of effective interventions....
The COVID 19 has killed nearly 3.6 million people and around 160 million people have been infected with the virus by end of May 2021 in the world. In the Sri Lankan context, more than 1000 deaths and 150,000 cases have been reported by the end of May 2021. The function of modern society and scientific rationality has been challenged by the pandemic...
An increase in water requirements with climate change has become a burning issue in South Asia. Over 2 billion people experience high water stress at present. According to UN predictions, by 2030 from 24 to 700 million people will be displaced by intense water scarcity experiencing a shortage of access to sufficient quantities of water for human an...
The global population is increasing at alarming rate and it would reach ten billion in another twenty years' time. The changing lifestyle, consumer culture and development projects over utilize all the available natural resources. The collective responsibility of society towards conserving environment and ecological resources are always challenged...
The objective of this research was to explore the subcultural characteristics of three-wheel drivers in Sri Lanka. In the methodology, 30 three-wheel drivers from Wanathamulla and Borella area were selected by using purposive sampling. Data has been collected through using in-depth interviews and observations. Data were analyzed using thematic anal...
Disposal of solid waste has been a leading environmental issue in Sri Lanka. In order to respond, Solid Waste Management (SWM) was identified as an important part to ensure both protection of the environment and human health. Because of the rapid increase in waste generation rates among urban communities, the increasing issues related to sustainabl...
This is a technical report on causes and impact of anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of Easter Sunday Attacks
The main objective of this study is to investigate the academic, personal, socio-cultural and economic factors that cause or increase stress among university students, in Sri Lanka. An explorative and qualitative methodology was adopted for the study. Undergraduates of the Faculty of Medicine, Arts, Education, and Management of the University of Co...
This study examines the significance of environmental attitude and discourse of people in raising community participation towards SWM. Adopting a mix method, questionnaire survey consisting of 200 households and business communities, In-depth interviews and stake holder's analysis were employed in an urban community Sri Lanka. Ecological problems c...
1 Introduction This paper basically attempts to address the attitude and behavior of people in Kesbewa Urban Council areas in terms of urban agriculture at their home garden, food consumption and environmental conservation. For this purpose, two different sample groups were identified as 'control' and 'experimental' consisting of twenty households...
This study examines the human-elephant conflict in the context of environmental journalism in Sri Lanka. The paper is based on empirical study and reviews of the relevant literature in environmental sociology and political ecology. The changing political economic policies and development activities have affected the reciprocal interaction between s...
Among the man-made disasters, civil war or terrorism causes serious consequences in terms of generating refugees and resettlement problems all over the world. Menik Farm was a welfare camp which functioned in Chettikulam, Vavuniya during and after the civil war of the North and East. It was one of largest welfare camps in the world and there were a...
It is debated that whether development is a reality or myth through the critical social science perspectives. Even the discourse of development has been changing based on the dynamic arguments stating from classical development theories to modernity and post-modern developmentalism. The material infrastructure development under the modernization gi...
The contemporary societies are facing various environmental issues and challenges due to massive development projects, changing consumption pattern and environmentally harmful attitude. The present human culture continues to dominate and conquer all aspects of nature in an alarming manner. As a result, the so called modern or postmodern man has to...
Even if the volunteerism and social work are two different aspects, they have been functioning together as a formal or informal mechanism of social charity or philanthropy among Sri Lankan. The practice of volunteerism and social charity date back to a long history and it has become an integral part of Sri Lankan cultural and religious life. This p...
Recent climatological studies by scholars from different disciplines and different parts of the world have proven that the surface temperature of urban areas is generally higher than those of neigh bouring vegetated areas. The present study attempts to examine the spatial pattern of surface temperature using remotely sensed data and discusses the f...
This study focuses on the effects of socioeconomic and political factors in solid waste generation and water pollution in the catchments of Pinga Oya, a tributary of the Mahaweli river. The direct solid waste disposal into water bodies and the untreated dumping sites are supposed to be some of the major causes of water pollution in Sri Lanka. The m...
Solid waste generation and river water pollution are growing environmental problem in Sri Lanka. The crisis of solid waste disposal and its impact on water pollution cannot be understood and controlled only by technical or engineering strategies. The environmental sociological perspectives are helpful to understand the actual subjective factors and...