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Economic models of climate change: systematic review of benefits, limitations, and future directions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Nadeetharu, M., Kulatunga, U., & Ingirige, B. (2023, July). Economic models of climate change: systematic review of benefits, limitations, and future directions. Paper presented at World Construction Symposium - 2023, Sri Lanka

Climate change substantially impacts the community's livelihood, affecting their socioeconomic status. Considering the severity of impacts in the developing country context, economic models have been identified as a feasible application to determine... Read More about Economic models of climate change: systematic review of benefits, limitations, and future directions.

Critical Failure Factors of Flood Early Warning and Response Systems (FEWRS): A Structured Literature Review and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) Analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Samansiri, S., Fernando, T., & Ingirige, B. (2023). Critical Failure Factors of Flood Early Warning and Response Systems (FEWRS): A Structured Literature Review and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) Analysis. Geosciences, 13(5), 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13050137

Flood warning and response systems are essential components of risk reduction strategies with the potential to reduce loss of life and impact on personal assets. However, recent flood incidents have caused significant loss of human lives due to failu... Read More about Critical Failure Factors of Flood Early Warning and Response Systems (FEWRS): A Structured Literature Review and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) Analysis.

Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts (2023)
Book Chapter
Siriwardhana, S., Kulatunga, U., & Ingirige, B. Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts. In Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries (55 - 69). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823

Resettlement has been adopted as a flood-preventive strategy to reduce the vulnerability of communities, especially those in flood-prone areas. While providing safe locations, resettlement needs to ensure long-term sustainability and satisfaction in... Read More about Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts.

Disaster experiences, associated problems and lessons in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: exploring through participatory rural appraisal to enhance resilience (2022)
Journal Article
Parvin, G., Dasgupta, R., Abedin, M. A., Sakamoto, M., Ingirige, B., Kibria, M., …Nakagawa, H. (2022). Disaster experiences, associated problems and lessons in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: exploring through participatory rural appraisal to enhance resilience. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2022.2138165

The southwestern coastal part of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to different kinds of disasters due to the changing climatic conditions. With the lenses of rural communities here an approach to examine how were the different disasters experiences, w... Read More about Disaster experiences, associated problems and lessons in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: exploring through participatory rural appraisal to enhance resilience.

Advanced technologies for offering situational intelligence in flood warning and response systems : a literature review (2022)
Journal Article
Samansiri, S., Fernando, T., & Ingirige, B. (2022). Advanced technologies for offering situational intelligence in flood warning and response systems : a literature review. Water, https://doi.org/10.3390/w14132091

Deaths and property damage from floods have increased drastically in the past two 9 decades due to various reasons such as increased population, unplanned development and climate 10 change. Such losses from floods can be reduced by issuing timely e... Read More about Advanced technologies for offering situational intelligence in flood warning and response systems : a literature review.

Climate financing barriers and strategies : the case of Sri Lanka (2022)
Journal Article
Dasandara, M., Ingirige, B., Kulatunga, U., & Fernando, T. (2022). Climate financing barriers and strategies : the case of Sri Lanka. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-12-2021-0069

Purpose: Climate change mitigation and adaptation play an important role in overcoming the climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka today. Many initiatives have been undertaken to implement different policies and plans in this regard, which requir... Read More about Climate financing barriers and strategies : the case of Sri Lanka.

Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka (2022)
Journal Article
Dasandara, M., Ingirige, B., Kulatunga, U., & Fernando, T. (2023). Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 28(2), 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfmpc-12-2021-0069

Purpose: Climate change mitigation and adaptation play an important role in overcoming the climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka today. Many initiatives have been undertaken to implement different policies and plans in this regard, which requir... Read More about Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka.

Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing (2021)
Journal Article
Ghomi, S., Wedawatta, G., Ginige, K., & Ingirige, B. (2021). Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(4), 687-704. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-04-2020-0076

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects, propose the conceptual Living-transforming disaster relief shelter (LTFDR-shelter) approach where temporary shelter is increment... Read More about Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing.

Shaping the future through Artificial Intelligent technologies to reduce vehicle accidents in Abu Dhabi (2021)
Thesis
Alshamsi, I. Shaping the future through Artificial Intelligent technologies to reduce vehicle accidents in Abu Dhabi. University of Salford

Traffic accidents (TAs) constitute one of the top killers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Without practical approaches to address the TAs in Abu Dhabi, the region is likely to experience continued economic losses and health burden to the affected... Read More about Shaping the future through Artificial Intelligent technologies to reduce vehicle accidents in Abu Dhabi.

The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain (2018)
Journal Article
Zainal Abidin, N., & Ingirige, B. (2018). The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain. Construction innovation (London. Online), 18(4), 412-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-09-2017-0079

Purpose: The dynamics and effects of interconnected risks among construction organisations tend to be overlooked across the Malaysian public project supply chains, making them highly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. This study aims to investig... Read More about The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain.