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Prof Bingunath Ingirige's Outputs (84)

Qualitative Meta-analysis of Economic Models of Climate Change: Informing Policy Development Strategies (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose:
The livelihoods of agricultural communities are significantly impacted by the socioeconomic effects of climate change. Although numerous socioeconomic effects have been identified through the economic models of climate change (EMCC), it ha... Read More about Qualitative Meta-analysis of Economic Models of Climate Change: Informing Policy Development Strategies.

The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Flooding along Epie Creek, Nigeria: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach. (2024)
Thesis

Flooding is becoming more severe due to changes in land use and the effects of climate change, posing a serious environmental threat to tropical developing countries like Nigeria. Nigeria's unique characteristics, including rapid population growth, u... Read More about The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Flooding along Epie Creek, Nigeria: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach..

Effective Stakeholder Management for Inclusive Post-Flood Management: Sri Lanka as a Case Study (2024)
Journal Article
Mendis, K., Thayaparan, M., Kaluarachchi, Y., & Ingirige, B. (2024). Effective Stakeholder Management for Inclusive Post-Flood Management: Sri Lanka as a Case Study. Water, 16(10), 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16101429

This study aimed to examine post-flood management, with a particular focus on enhancing the inclusivity of marginalised communities through stakeholder analysis. This study was based on an interpretivist mixed method approach, under which 30 semi-str... Read More about Effective Stakeholder Management for Inclusive Post-Flood Management: Sri Lanka as a Case Study.

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. (2023). Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts. In V. Oladokun, D. Proverbs, O. Adebimpe, & T. Adedeji (Eds.), Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823-6

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.

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

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

Deaths and property damage from floods have increased drastically in the past two decades due to various reasons such as increased populations, unplanned developments, and climate change. Such losses from floods can be reduced by issuing timely early... 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. (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.

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.

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.

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.

An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective (2018)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, G. (2018). An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective. In S. Amir (Ed.), The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience : A New Perspective on Governing Risk and Disaster (245-264). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8509-3

This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where coping with the consequence and long term impact of crisis and disaster challenges the capacity of communities to bounce back in the event of severe disruption. Catastrophic even... Read More about An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective.

Assessing climate risks across different business sectors and industries : an investigation of methodological challenges at national scale for the UK (2018)
Journal Article

Climate change poses severe risks for businesses, which companies as well as governments need to understand in order to take appropriate steps to manage those. This, however, represents a significant challenge as climate change risk assessment is its... Read More about Assessing climate risks across different business sectors and industries : an investigation of methodological challenges at national scale for the UK.

Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing (2018)
Journal Article
Wijegunarathna, E., Wedawatta, G., Prasanna, L., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing. Procedia Engineering, 212, 1147-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.148

Sri Lanka experiences regular natural hazard-related disasters: flooding, landslides, cyclones and droughts. These events cause devastating effects in terms of human casualties, disturbing settlements and damaging properties. Besides human casualties... Read More about Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing.

Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, F., Ingirige, B., & Zainal Abidin, N. (2018). Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh. Procedia Engineering, 212, 832-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.107

Extreme Weather Events continue to cause shocking losses of life and long-term damage at scales, depths and complexities that elude robust and accountable calculation, expression and reparation. Cyclones and storm surges can wipe out entire towns, an... Read More about Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh.

Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction (2018)
Journal Article
Zainal Abidin, N., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction. Procedia Engineering, 212, 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.060

In today’s interconnected world, disruptions arising from one party in a supply chain network could cause disruptions to other parties in the chain. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that supply chain disruptions had caused a wide-scale impact to the... Read More about Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction.