- 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
Planning Law and Governance -Undergraduate -2016
Political Economy of the City -Undergraduate -2016
Development Economics -Undergraduate -2016
Research Methods I -Undergraduate -2016
Research Methods II -Undergraduate -2016
Individually Supervised Research Project -Undergraduate -2016
Site Planning & Design Studio -Undergraduate -2016
Urban Planning & Design Studio -Undergraduate -2016
Research Methods for Planners -Postgraduate -2016
Master Thesis -Postgraduate -2016
Undergraduate Coordinator -Undergraduate Coordination (2016 To date)
Team leader -Curriculum revision, B.Sc (Hons) TCP (2016 To 2017)
Member -Minor Curriculum revision, M.Sc TCP (2016 To 2017)
Senior Treasurer -Financial advise for the TCP student society (2016 To date)
Member -Intellectual Property Rights advisory Committee (2015 To date)
Member -Intellectual Property Rights Assessment Committee (2015 To date)
Member -Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (2016 To date)
Member -Faculty Academic Committee (2016 To date)
Member -Faculty Curriculum and Evaluation Committee (2016 To date)
Research Coordinator -Coordination of research works at the TCP Department (2016 To date)
Acting Head of the Department of TCP -Acting Head of the Department of TCP (2016 To 2017)
Director /Undergraduate Studies - Faculty of Architecture -Director of the Faculty Academic Committee of the Faculty of Architecture, responsible for all Undergraduate Student study matters of the 06 Degree Programs in the Faculty (2016 To date)
Chairman / Faculty Curriculum Evaluation Committee -Chairing Faculty Curriculum and Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Architecture, responsible for matters relating to curriculum development and revisions of all 06 Degree Programs of the Faculty of Architecture. (2016 To date)
Member, Senate Curriculum and Evaluation Committee -Curriculum revision and development matters of all Faculties of the University of Moratuwa (2016 To date)
Academic Sub-Warden - Responsible Student Hostel Matters (2021 To date)
Senior Treasurer, Majlis-Ul-Islam -Responsible for Financial advises and matters of the Muslim Students' Society of the University of Moratuwa (2020 To date)
Research Activities
Economic policy implications in spatial planning
Public participation in local development planning and governance
Re-defining poverty in the Srilankan spatial planning perspective
Economic policy implications in spatial planning, Public participation in local development planning, and governance
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelor's, University of Moratuwa ,2007 Town and Country Planning
PhD, University of Reading ,2015 Real Estate and Planning
Bachelors, University Of Moratuwa ,
Institute of Town Planners (2008 To date)
Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Young Academics Network(2012 To date)
Young Planners' Forum(2008 To date)
Associate Member - Institute of Town Planners( To date)
Member - Young Planners' Forum of Institute of Town Planners( To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Herath C.D,".An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Material Recovery Facility (MRF) using the Concept of Circular Economy in Urban Waste Management : A Case Study of Wattala MRF.",16th International Research Conference of the FARU 2022,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2023,
Lakprasadini D.H,".An investigation of the process of commercial gentrification and optimum utilization of land at neighborhood levels.",15th International Research Conference of the FARU 2022,Colombo,2022,
,".Spatialities of internal conflicts and the role of spatial planning in conflicts: learning from the ethnic politics in the delivery of public housing in Sri Lanka.",26th IPRA General Conference on ‘Agenda for Peace and Development’,Freetown, Sierra Leone,2016,36-37
Kasthuriarachchi K.A.N.N,".15 Minutes Colombo Metropolitan Region 2050: Reporting the Regional Planning Studio, Department of Town and Country Planning.",Bhúmi, The Planning Research Journal ,09 (02),2022