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This submission belongs to the session S3. Urban Economies and Resource Management of the event The 1st International Online Conference on Urban Sciences
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15 May, 2026
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B.L.N.K. Madhurangi, J.M.C.K.B. Siriwardhane, S.S.J Patabendige, Parakrama Weligamage, Urban Economic Spillover Networks: Micro-Level Evidence of Functional Urban–Rural Integration in Sri Lanka, in Proceedings of The 1st International Online Conference on Urban Sciences, 20 May–22 May 2026, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland
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Urban Economic Spillover Networks: Micro-Level Evidence of Functional Urban–Rural Integration in Sri Lanka
B.L.N.K. Madhurangi 1
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J.M.C.K.B. Siriwardhane 2
S.S.J Patabendige 3
Parakrama Weligamage 4
1. Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya 11600, Sri Lanka
2. Department of Plant Sciences,Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka
3. Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya 11600, Sri Lanka
4. Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management,Faculty of Agriculture,University of Peradeniya,Peradeniya-20400,Sri Lanka.
Abstract
Keywords
urban economic systems
rural-urban linkage
household transaction networks
economic spillover networks sustainable rural-urban development