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Lifelong learning needs for disaster management education in the built environment (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Amaratunga, R., Siriwardena, M., Malalgoda, C., Pathirage, C., & Thayaparan, M. (2011, July). Lifelong learning needs for disaster management education in the built environment. Presented at International conference on building resilience, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Disasters cause considerable damage around the world every year. It is evident that most of the material damages of disaster have been on engineering related facilities of the built environment and therefore require serious efforts from the construct... Read More about Lifelong learning needs for disaster management education in the built environment.

Case study as a research strategy: Investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. (2011, July). Case study as a research strategy: Investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK. Presented at ARCOM doctoral workshop, International conference on building resilience, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Determining an appropriate research methodology is considered as an important element in a research study; especially in a doctoral research study. It involves approach to the entire process of a research study, starting from theoretical underpinning... Read More about Case study as a research strategy: Investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK.

SME resilience to extreme weather events: Important initiatives for informing policy making in the area (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, G. (2011, July). SME resilience to extreme weather events: Important initiatives for informing policy making in the area. Presented at International conference on building resilience, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Enhancing the resilience of local communities to weather extremes has gained significant interest over the years, amidst the increased intensity and frequency of such events. The fact that such weather extremes are forecast to further increase in num... Read More about SME resilience to extreme weather events: Important initiatives for informing policy making in the area.

Capacity building towards resilience: context of post disaster waste management (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Karunasena, G., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Capacity building towards resilience: context of post disaster waste management. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Post conflict housing reconstruction: housing needs and expectations of conflict affected communities (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Seneviratne, T., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Post conflict housing reconstruction: housing needs and expectations of conflict affected communities. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Seneviratne, T., Pathirage, C., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction needs: perspectives of women (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ginige, K., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction needs: perspectives of women. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Risk identification on community based post disaster housing reconstruction projects (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ophiyandri, T., Amaratunga, R., & Pathirage, C. (2011, July). Risk identification on community based post disaster housing reconstruction projects. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Inquiry‐answer extraction system for disaster risk reduction and the development of sustainable communities (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kaklauskas, A., Amaratunga, R., & Budryte, L. (2011, July). Inquiry‐answer extraction system for disaster risk reduction and the development of sustainable communities. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Empowering local governments to make disaster resilient cities (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Malalgoda, C., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Empowering local governments to make disaster resilient cities. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Empowerment revisited : will it address marginalised positions of women in post disasters? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Thurairajah, N., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011, July). Empowerment revisited : will it address marginalised positions of women in post disasters?. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Road reconstruction in post - disaster recovery; the challenges and obstacles (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hayat, E., & Amaratunga, R. (2011, July). Road reconstruction in post - disaster recovery; the challenges and obstacles. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Resettlement activities through spaces and time (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Piyatadsananon, P., Amaratunga, R., & Keraminiyage, K. (2011, July). Resettlement activities through spaces and time. Presented at International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

White light lasers (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rose, C., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2011, June). White light lasers. Poster presented at SEE Celebration of Research, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Broadband multiline frequency combs present a wealth of applications, ranging from meteorology, sensing and measurements to those potentially in the domain of attosecond science. We report here on detailed investigations of a novel process that is ac... Read More about White light lasers.

Relativistic effects in non-relativistic systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference
McDonald, G., Christian, J., & Hodgkinson, T. (2011, June). Relativistic effects in non-relativistic systems. Poster presented at SEE Celebration of Research, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

We propose a new model for describing the evolution of scalar optical pulses in Kerr-type planar waveguides and optical fibres. The wave envelope satisfies a dimensionless equation and its solutions are thus endowed with some intriguing and mystical... Read More about Relativistic effects in non-relativistic systems.

Snell's law for nonlinear beams (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., McDonald, G., Sanchez-Curto, J., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2011, June). Snell's law for nonlinear beams. Poster presented at SEE Celebration of Research, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

The refraction of plane waves at a uniform boundary between dissimilar linear dielectric materials is perhaps one of the oldest and best-understood phenomenon in optics. In contrast, the behaviour of a beam with a finite transverse cross-section is m... Read More about Snell's law for nonlinear beams.

Open Access at Salford – Where next? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bates, K., & Berry, J. (2011, June). Open Access at Salford – Where next?. Poster presented at LIBER 40th Annual Conference, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Having fully embraced Open Access for its scholarly communications, putting in place an Open Access Mandate, the University of Salford is now reflecting on its success and working on new opportunities.
This poster will outline a case study for the... Read More about Open Access at Salford – Where next?.

Modeling factors influencing the capacity of motorway merge sections controlled by ramp metering (2011)
Presentation / Conference
sections controlled by ramp metering. Presented at 6th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Stockholm, Sweden

This paper focuses on studying factors which are likely to affect motorway merge capacity when ramp metering controls are in use. A newly developed traffic micro-simulation model has been used for this purpose and the well known ALINEA and Demand-Cap... Read More about Modeling factors influencing the capacity of motorway merge sections controlled by ramp metering.