- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
Contact information
Department of Town & Country Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Undergraduate Coordinator -Work related to curriculum, timetabling and other student matters (2011 To 2015)
Student Councillor -Counselling on student matters (2012 To 2023)
Activity Coordinator, Quality and Innovation Grant -Activity coordination related to continuous improvements to the teaching and learning programs (2013 To 2015)
Curriculum Committee member -Attending matters related to curriculum introduction, revision, etc (2014 To 2015)
Head of the Department - (2020 To 2022)
Research Activities
Urban Planning
Project Financing
Housing
Real Estate Economics
Urban Management
Urban Planning, Project Financing, Housing, Real Estate Economics, Urban Management
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelor's, University of Sri Jayawardanepura ,1993 Etate Management & Valuation
Masters, University of Moratuwa ,2001 Town & Country Planning
Bachelors, University of Sri Jayewardenepura ,
Bachelors, University Of Moratuwa ,
Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka(2006 To date)
Corporate Member - Institute of Town Planners( To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Financial assistance from UGC to university teacher for doctoral studies (Received 2015)
Publications*
V Logenthiran, S Amarawickrama,".The Role of Attraction Factors in Recreational Shopping Gratification: Case of Colombo, Sri Lanka.",5th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism (ICCAUA2022) ,Turkey,2022,151–165
TD Randeniya, Gayani Ranasinghe,".A Model to Estimate the Implicit Values of Housing Attributes by Applying the Hedonic Pricing Method.",International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability,4,2017
G Ranasinghe, E Warusavitharane,".An Approach to assess the Urban Management Performance of Municipalities in Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability ,3(1),2016
Gayani Ranasinghe, Rangajeewa Rathnayake,".A Study to Compare the Level of Walkability in Two Urban Neighborhoods of Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability ,4(1),2016
Y N Weerasekara,".Place Based Coastal Tourism Impacts And Residents’ Quality Of Life A Case Of Mirissa Coast, Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability ,12(2),2016
Gayani Ranasinghe, Rangajeewa Rathnayake, Thilini Randeniya, Senani Rathnasiri,".A Model for Assessing the Level of Walkability in Urban Neighborhoods in Sri Lanka.",International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability,4(2),2015
Randeniya T. D., Ranasinghe, G. and Amarawickrama S. 2017, A model to estimate the implicit values of housing attributes by applying the hedonic pricing method,International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability 4 (2) Ranasinghe, G., Amarawickrama, S. and Rathnayake, R. 2016. A Study to Compare the Level of Walkability in Two Urban Neighbourhoods of Sri Lanka. IJERGS Journal. Volume 4(1) (with SRC grant) |
Ranasinghe, G., Amarawickrama, S. and Warusavitharane, E., 2016. An Approach to assess the Urban Management Performance of Municipalities in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 3(1). (Funded by SRC grant) Amarawickrama, S., Singhapathirana, P. and Rajapaksha, N., 2015. Defining Urban Sprawl in the Sri Lankan Context: With Special Reference to the Colombo Metropolitan Region. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 50(5), pp.590-614. Ranasinghe, G., Amarawickrama, S., Rathnayake, R., Randeniya, T. and Rathnasiri, S., 2015. A Model for Assessing the Level of Walkability in Urban Neighbourhoods in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 2(4). (Funded by SRC grant) Amarawickrama S. & Hettiarachchi M. 2010. Envisioning Hambantota as a Port City: Lessons from Asian Port Cities and their Port-generated Land Use Configurations.Economic Review. The Research Department of the People’s Bank. ISBN No. 0259/9779. http://www.peoplesbank.lk/publications/portsshipping
Conference presentations and proceedings Ranasinghe, G., Amarawickrama, S., Rathnayake, R., Randeniya, T. and Rathnasiri, S., 2015. A Model for Assessing the Level of Walkability in Urban Neighbourhoods in Sri Lanka. 13th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA 2015). Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. (with SRC grant) Meetiyagoda, L., Amarawickrama, S (2015) Contemporary Planning Practice Need to be Theorized?. The Conference on Management and Sustainability in Asia. Japan Amarawickrama, S. Ranasinghe, T.K.G.P. Randeniya, T.D. (2014). Hedonic Analysis of Implicit Values of Housing Attributes in Sri Lanka: A Case Study From Maharagama Area. WinC-2014. Wayamba International Conference. http://www.wayambajournal.com/winc/ Amarawickrama, S. Rathnayake R. M. R. R Meetiyagoda, L. 2014. An Examination of Impacts of Resettlement on Livelihood and Social Relations in Sri Lanka, Asian Conference on the Arts Humanities and Sustainability. Japan. ISSN 2188-6622. http://esdfocus.org/arts-humanities-sustainability-conference/ (with SRC grant) Perera, W. P.U. K. A & Amarawickrama, S. 2014. Study on Determinants of Heterogeneous Residential Location Decisions; Household Perspective. Case study of Kaduwela Municipal Council area, Faculty of Architecture Research Conference, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Rathnasiri G.K.S., Ranasinghe T.K.G.P., Amarawickrama, S. 2014. Factors of the Built Environment that Affects the Walkability in a Sri Lankan Urban Neighborhood, Faculty of Architecture Research Conference, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Weerasekara, Y. N., Amarawickrama, S., Rathnayake R M S R. 2014. Impacts of Coastal Tourism on Inhabitants’ Quality of Life: Spatial Perspective, Faculty of Architecture Research Conference, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
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