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The emerging research on women’s empowerment in post disaster reconstruction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Thurairajah, N., & Amaratunga, R. (2008, January). The emerging research on women’s empowerment in post disaster reconstruction. Presented at National Symposium on Promoting Knowledge transfer to Strengthen Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adoption, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Exploring good practice knowledge transfer related to post tsunami housing re-construction in Sri Lanka (2008)
Journal Article
Ingirige, B., Haigh, R., Malalgoda, C., & Palliyaguru, R. (2008). Exploring good practice knowledge transfer related to post tsunami housing re-construction in Sri Lanka. Journal of construction in developing countries, 13(2), 21-42

Sri Lanka was badly affected by the tsunami that occurred on 26th December 2004. The tsunami destroyed about two-thirds of the Sri Lankan coastline and affected more than 1,000,000 people. It does not only affected the lives of the community, but als... Read More about Exploring good practice knowledge transfer related to post tsunami housing re-construction in Sri Lanka.

The role of philosophical context in the development of research methodology and theory (2008)
Journal Article
Pathirage, C., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2008). The role of philosophical context in the development of research methodology and theory. ˜The œbuilt & human environment review, 1(1), 1-10

The research strategy dictates the major direction of the research and constitutes one of the important decisions made by the researcher. However, researchers’ understanding on theory at the outset of the research guides the design of the research. T... Read More about The role of philosophical context in the development of research methodology and theory.