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4onse as a complementary to conventional weather observation network

Sudantha, BH; Warusavitharana, EJ; Ratnayake, GR; Mahanama, PKS; Warusavitharana, RJ; Tasheema, RP; Cannata, M; Strigaro, D [Conference-Full-text]

Over the centuries, sensing the weather has been important to mankind for decision making. Weather observations are important to better understand the climate variability and its consequences which ranges over different ...
4onse – 4 times open and non-conventional technology for sensing the environment: an integrated low-cost environmental monitoring system (ems) for developing countries

Ratnayake, GR; Mahanama, PKS; Warusavitharana, EJ; Weerasinghe, SN; Warnakulasooriya, KMHK; Sudantha, BH; Jayasuriya, YP [Conference-Full-text]

4 times Open & Non-conventional technologies for Sensing the Environment (4ONSE) is an ongoing joint research project between University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern ...
Analysis of urban morphology through spectral mixture analysis (SMA) technique in remote sensing

Mahanama, PKS [SRC-Report]

Urban morphology is the phvsical appearance ofsocial reality. Aualvzing of urban morphology is necessarvfor predicting the urban changes such as climatic change and for understanding the urban processes such as urban ...
Analysis of urban morphology through spectral mixture analysis technique in remote sensing

Mahanama, PKS [SRC-Report]

The urbanization process effects both structure and function of the cities. Therefore, the analysis of morphological patterns of a particular urban area have evolved as a result of varying factors of demographics, level ...
Analysis of Urban Morphology through Spectral Mixture Analysis Techniques in Remote Sensing ,

Mahanama, PKS [SRC-Report]

Urban morphology is the phvsical appearance ofsocial reality. Aualvzing of urban morphology is necessarvfor predicting the urban changes such as climatic change and for understanding the urban processes such as urban ...
Application of ArcGIS model builder and Python Scripting for urban flood modeling

Bandara, DMPD; Mahanama, PKS; Warusavitharana, EJ [Conference-Abstract]

Accurate projection of flood extents in urban catchments has become a challenging task. Accurate data on inundation is useful for identifying flood risk areas and developing flood management strategies to mitigate the ...
Application of ArcGIS Model Builder and Python Scripting for urban Flood Modeling

Bandara, DMPD; Mahanama, PKS; Warusavitharana, EJ [Article-Full-text]

Accurate projection of flood extents in urban catchments has become a challenging task. Accurate data on inundation is useful for identifying flood risk areas and developing flood management strategies to mitigate the ...
Building an open-source environmental monitoring system - a review of state-of-the-art and directions for future research

Sudantha, BH; Warusavitharana, EJ; Ratnayake, GR; Mahanama, PKS; Cannata, M; Strigaro, D [Conference-Full-text]

The massive development take place in the field of IoT (Internet of Things) has enabled generation of large set of real time environmental data from low cost sensor networks. This has enabled developing nations to monitor ...
Community participation for climate change adaptation : participatory approach for planning and design of coastal green belts In Batticaloa

Senanayake, DL; Mahanama, PKS; Barthelot, KS [Conference-Full-text]

Coastal green belts are considered as an appropriate solution to mitigate the adverse impacts of natural coastal hazards on human lives and properties in the context of climate change. Yet, Coastal green belt practices are ...
Community participation for climate change adaptation: participatory approach for planning and design of coastal green belts In Batticaloa.

Senanayake, DL; Mahanama, PKS; Barthelot, KS [Conference-Abstract]

Coastal green belts are considered as an appropriate solution to mitigate the adverse impacts of natural coastal hazards on human lives and properties in the context of climate change. Yet, Coastal green belt practices are ...
Identification of evaluating criteria for sustainable visitor management of national parks in Sri Lanka

Nillegoda, L; Mahanama, PKS; Ranasinghe, TKGP [Article-Full-text]

With the booming 0/ Tourism industry.eco-tourism has beenpopularized and improved in the world. The places which are practicing ceo-tourism attract increasing number 0/ visitors d'!)' by d'!)' by exceeding their ...
Identification of Evaluating Criteria for Sustainable Visitor Management of National Parks in Sri Lanka

Nillegoda, L; Mahanama, PKS; Ranasinghe, TKGP [Article-Full-text]

With the booming of Tourism industry,eco-tourism has been popularized and improved in the world. The places which are practicing eco-tourism attract increasing number of visitors day by day by exceeding their carrying ...
Imageability and legibility: cognitive analysis and visibility assessment in galle heritage city

Abeynayake, T; Meetiyagoda, L; Kankanamge, N; Mahanama, PKS [Article-Full-text]

The concepts of imageability and legibility are important aspects of urban design. Many scholars use the terms “imageability” and “legibility” interchangeably, usually examining one concept and applying the implications ...
Impacts of covid-19 on individuals’ behaviour & perception in public space: a case study of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Bopitiyegedara, N; Jayasinghe, AB; Mahanama, PKS [Conference-Full-text]

SARS‐CoV‐2 has become a global pandemic while impacting most sectors including public space (PS). In the citizens-view, PS have become unfamiliar places with distant social interactions in a pandemic. This study aimed to ...
Integrated spatial approach for disaster mitigation in Sri Lanka with an emphasis on landslides

Mahanama, PKS; Fernando, KD; Herath, HMM; Gunesekara, P [SRC-Report]

Today’s society becomes more vulnerable to disasters. In addition the global environmental changes have been threatened with the increase occurrence of disasters such as floods, landslides and droughts. There are many ...
Investigation of tod-ness of small and medium towns in Sri Lanka

Wanigasekara, GVTP; Mahanama, PKS; Jayasinghe, AB [Conference-Full-text]

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) has been a promising planning concept which strengthen the land use and transport integration for a sustainable development. As per the concept benefits of TOD are manifold but it may ...
Local knowledge on climate variation: case of Negombo and Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Abenayake, CC; Jayasinghe, AB; Mahanama, PKS [Article-Abstract]

Knowledge on climatic variations can expand a local community's capacity to adapt to climate change. In recognition of this process, there are number of knowledge transferring and awareness building. programmes that have ...
A novel approach to model traffic on road segments of large-scale urban road networks

Jayasinghe, A; Sano, K; Abenayake, CC; Mahanama, PKS [Article-Full-text]

The study proposes a novel method for modeling traffic volumes at the road segment level of large-scale urban road networks. This study has been placed in a milieu where existing methods on modeling vehicular traffic volume ...
Participatory GIS as a tool for flood mapping in climate change adaptation: a study of Batticaloa city, Sri Lanka.

Mahanama, PKS; Senanayake, DL; Bandara, L; Seifert, I [Conference-Abstract]

Flood is identified as one of the most frequent climate exacerbated disasters in Sri Lanka. Meteorological records reveal that the extreme rainfall events and frequent occurrence of floods is on increase over recent ...
People's perception of revitalised public spaces: the case study of Independence Square, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Gangabada, LP; Mahanama, PKS; Ranasinghe, TKGP [Article-Full-text]

The increasing tendency of enhancing the qualiry of public spaces in developing countries, for example rypromoting strong visual identity, is a crucial government polif) instrument in economic and urban revitalization, ...

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