Research

Research Interest

  • GIS and Remote Sensing,
  • Forestry and Environment Management,
  • Climate Change,
  • Hydrology

 

Research Presentations

  • Develop an Integrated Risk Governance Framework for Mitigating the Risk of Extreme Hydrological Events towards River basin sustainability (The Case of Kelani River Basin, Sri Lanka), The International Night of Geography-2022, France.
  • Assessing the Human Impact on Channel Morphology of the Kelani River, Sri Lanka, First Workshop of Asian Young Geographers 2021- 18th December 2021, Nanjing Normal University.
  • Measuring and Predicting Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Channel Morphology in the Kelani River, Sri Lanka, GEOSUS-2021 (International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability) – 23 – 24 November 2021 Beijing
  • Geospatial analysis of landscape fragmentation under rapid human intervention in the Kelani river basin, IGARSS 2021 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium) – 11-16 July 2021 Brussels

 

Research Projects

From 2018 To 2019
Title of the Project Preparation of a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Including Socio-economic Surveys, Inventory of Losses, Census Survey and Community Consultation.
Employer: Climate Resilience Improvement Project, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resource Management
Positions held GIS Assistant  

 

From: 2018 January To 2018 July
Title of the Project Landscape Assessment on Child, Family and Community Vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka
Employer: World Vision Lanka, Colombo
Positions held Brief Cartographic and GIS Assistant

 

From 2015 January To 2015 December
Title of the Project Water Use and Pollution Load in Kelani River Basin within Western Province
Employer: Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Department Corporation (SLLR&DC)
Position held GIS Assistant

 

From: 2011 To: 2012 Date
Title of the Project “Gamata Wewa” small tank cascade development project for village development. ”Palugaswewa”  in Anuradhapura district
Employer: Agrarian Development Department, Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife
Position held Research Assistant