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This studys primary purpose is to identify the factors affecting Sri Lankan military personnels behavioural patterns while providing humanitarian assistance in post-disaster situations. The study has used both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Interviews were done with a few military personalities in a qualitative approach, and the answers were analysed using discourse analysis. The researcher has used a structured questionnaire in the quantitative method. A sample size of 308 military personalities has participated. Independent two-sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and structural equational modelling were used. The main factors of the research, which are attitude towards behaviour, social norms, self-efficacy, knowledge and practice, were identified using the discourse analysis method. Gender, training gained by the military personnel, difficulties encountered by them, and their work experience years failed to affect humanitarian assistance significantly. In structural equational modelling, social norms, knowledge, and practice significantly affected humanitarian aid. However, attitude towards behaviour and self-efficacy did not show any significant effect on humanitarian assistance. This study will provide the necessary information for policymakers and military institutions in Sri Lanka to develop military personnel skills in post-disaster situations. Moreover, this researchs findings will help the individuals, especially the researchers, conduct studies in the same field.

Growth of population is increased a number of peoples in habiting given over the period of time whereas urbanization is process of population focus in particular area. Urbanization is the dynamic process of worldwide phenomenon. Urban growth is affected by human interference and natural phenomena such as agricultural demand and trade. Urban area extends in transformed times period were extracted by supervised classification technique of satellite image, and then the population data were coupled to complete the analysis. The remote sensing data and Geographical information system has been used widely to analyze and the pattern of urban growth. These causes are influenced by population growth, government policy and economic development. The built up area data and population data were used to assess and investigate the urban growth process and its spatial pattern. The mostly changes of land use in these areas can be described as other type of land use has been converted into urban land. The growth of urban population in Aurangabad city considered from 1901 to 2011. The highest growth rate of population in Aurangabad city was observed in 1981 i.e. 91.48 and lowest the population growth rate was observed from 1911 to 1921 i.e. -6 per cent. Presently total population in Aurangabad city is 1175116 persons and its decadal growth rate in 41.17. There is significant decrease of agriculture area and increase in settlement area from year 1991 to year 2017.The rapid urban growth has been transformed most of the agricultural land and vegetation cover had been convert into residential area.