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Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals
Presentation / Conference
Thayaparan, M., Siriwardena, M., Amaratunga, R., Kaklauskas, A., & Lill, I. Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

The built environment is significantly affected by disasters. Firstly, built facilities are expected to
withstand such situations. Secondly, the construction industry is expected to play a pivotal role in
reconstruction of damaged property & infras... Read More about Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals.

Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction
Presentation / Conference
Karunasena, G., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Natural hazards are extreme events that could cause harm on both socio-economic and ecological systems which ultimately become major disasters. Therefore, identification of vulnerabilities and risks of major hazards are important for any country. Sri... Read More about Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction.

Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings
Presentation / Conference
Seneviratne, T., Amaratunga, R., Haigh, R., & Pathirage, C. Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Disasters bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure
and the environment. The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade.... Read More about Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings.

Traffic operations at on-street parking facilities
Journal Article
Yousif, S., & Purnawan. Traffic operations at on-street parking facilities. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 157(3), 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1680/tran.2004.157.3.189

This study reports on the findings based on observations
from sites with parallel and angle parking layouts. The
main parameters under consideration were the
manoeuvre time for parking or unparking and the gap
acceptance to merge into the traffic... Read More about Traffic operations at on-street parking facilities.

Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices
Journal Article
Palliyaguru, R., & Amaratunga, R. Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices. Structural survey, 26(5), 426-434. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800810922766

Purpose – Reality suggests that the whole world is currently facing an unprecedented scale of natural disasters. Sri Lanka fell into this category after being one of the hardest hit countries of tsunami 2004. Irrespective of the major losses that tsu... Read More about Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices.

Local landscape character assessment: an evaluation of community-led schemes in Cheshire
Journal Article
James, P., & Gittins, J. Local landscape character assessment: an evaluation of community-led schemes in Cheshire. Landscape Research, 32(4), 423-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426390701449794

Planning, especially with the increasing prominence given to community involvement, is a key vehicle for delivering sustainable development. Between 2003 and 2005 two community groups in Cheshire wrote parish landscape character assessments. The comp... Read More about Local landscape character assessment: an evaluation of community-led schemes in Cheshire.

Urban green spaces in the mid 21st century scenarios and trajectories for the future cityscapes – case study of a North European city
Presentation / Conference
European city. Presented at Urban Green Spaces - A Key for sustainable cities, Sofia, Bulgaria

Urbanization is the dominant land use change across the world.
Population growth, climate change and technological change are identifi ed as three factors that have
paramount importance in the historic, contemporary and future development of urban... Read More about Urban green spaces in the mid 21st century scenarios and trajectories for the future cityscapes – case study of a North European city.

SODAR measurements of wing vortex strength and position
Journal Article
Bradley, S., Mursch-Radlgruber, E., & von Hünerbein, S. SODAR measurements of wing vortex strength and position. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24(2), 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2037.1

A method is developed for robust real-time visualisation of aircraft vortex spatial and temporal development based on measurement data from a line array of SODARs. The method relies on using a potential-flow vortex model, with spatial averaging accor... Read More about SODAR measurements of wing vortex strength and position.

A systematic algorithm for obtaining SODAR wind profiles
Journal Article
Bradley, S., & von Hünerbein, S. A systematic algorithm for obtaining SODAR wind profiles. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 85(1-3), 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-003-0035-x

Current methods of obtaining wind profiles from SODARs generally employ ad hoc strategies for Doppler spectrum peak selection, profile smoothing, and consistency checks. This paper addresses the problem of systematically obtaining vertical profiles o... Read More about A systematic algorithm for obtaining SODAR wind profiles.

Atmospheric acoustic interferometer tomography of temperature and winds
Presentation / Conference
Bradley, S., von Hünerbein, S., & Haddad, A. Atmospheric acoustic interferometer tomography of temperature and winds. Presented at International Workshop on Tomography and Acoustics, Leipzig, Germany

A technique is described for multiple-path propagation time measurements in the surface layer of the atmosphere. This is based on solving simple bi-directional ray tracing equations on successively higher penetrating paths using propagation times for... Read More about Atmospheric acoustic interferometer tomography of temperature and winds.