- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
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Contact information
Department of Town & Country Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Planning for Risk and Uncertainty -Postgraduate -2013
International Planning Studies II -Postgraduate -2013
Programme Director- MSc in Environmental Planning - (2019 To 2024)
Director Quality Assurance, Faculty of Architecture - (2023 To 2024)
Research Activities
1. Community based adaptations to flood; a case of Batticoloa, Sri Lanka
1. A study of climate change adaptation responses in Wanduruppa, Sri Lanka; reading through integral theory
1. Stakeholder preferences on 'Ecological Sanitation' approach as sewage disposing method in urban areas; a case of Habaradoowa, Sri Lanka
Resilience of cities to climate change , Resilience of cities to natural disasters, Social dimensions of natural environment & spatial, Social Network Analysis and disaster response, Climate change adaptation , Urban & Regional Planning
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2008 Town & Country Planning
Masters, CEPT University ,2012 Masters in Environmental Planning
D.Eng, Nagaoka University of Technology ,2017 System Safety
Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka (ITPSL)(2013 To date)
Sri Lanka Association for Improving Higher Education Effectiveness (SLAIHEE) (2013 To date)
Association of Disaster Risk Management Professionals Sri lanka(2020 To date)
Institute of Environmental Professionals Sri Lanka(2021 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Best poster presentation award of the 4th International GIGAKU Conference IGCN2015 in Nagaoka (Received 2015)
Vastu Shipa Foundation Award of excellence for The Best thesis in the Environmental Planning, Faculty of Planning & Public Policy for the academic year 2010/11, CEPT University, India (Received 2011)
Eklavaya Scholarship of Excellence for securing the first position in Post Graduate Studies in Environmental Planning in the School of Planning, CEPT University for the academic year 2009/11 (Received 2011)
Eklavaya Education Foundation award for the Excellence in Environmental Planning; in Faculty of Planning & Public Policy for the academic year 2010/11 (Received 2011)
SEDA Certificates of Accreditation for Teachers in Higher Education (Received 2014)
2014-2017, Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship (Received 2014)
Publications*
Nesha Ranaweera, Amila Jayasinghe, Chethika Abenayake, Chathura De Silva,".Challenges Experienced by Sri Lankan Town & Country Planning Graduates Studying in Japanese Universities.",The University of Colombo Press,2022
Nuwan Dias, Chathuranganee Jayakody, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Chethika Abenayake, Amila Jayasingh,".Health resilient cities in a post Covid world.",National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka,2021
Yoshiki Mikami; A. Marasinghe,".Pragmatic Insights on Selection of Indictors to Assess Community Resilience to Disasters.",The 52nd Conference on Infrastructure planning and management ,Akita, Japan,2015,
A Jayasinghe, N Ranaweera, C Abenayake, N Bandara, C De Silva,".Modelling vegetation land fragmentation in urban areas of Western Province, Sri Lanka using an Artificial Intelligence-based simulation technique.",Plos one,18(2),2023
N Wijayawardana, C Abenayake, A Jayasinghe, N Dias,".An Urban Density-Based Runoff Simulation Framework to Envisage Flood Resilience of Cities.",Urban Science,7(1),2023
Laurie Parsons, Ricardo Safra de Campos, Alice Moncaster, Ian Cook, Tasneem Siddiqui, Chethika Abenayake, Amila Buddhika Jayasinghe, Pratik Mishra, Tamim Billah,".Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity.",Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers,47(4),2022
Chethika Abenayake, Amila Jayasinghe, Hasintha Nawod Kalpana, Eshi Eranga Wijegunarathna, PKS Mahanama,".An innovative approach to assess the impact of urban flooding: Modeling transportation system failure due to urban flooding.",Applied Geography,147,2022
Laurie Parsons, Ricardo Safra de Campos, Alice Moncaster, Ian Cook, Tasneem Siddiqui, Chethika Abenayake, Amila Buddhika Jayasinghe, Pratik Mishra, Tamim Billah ,".Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity.",Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers,47(4),2022
Chethika Abenayake, Amila Jayasinghe, Hasintha Nawod Kalpana, Eshi Eranga Wijegunarathna, PKS Mahanama,".An innovative approach to assess the impact of urban flooding: Modeling transportation system failure due to urban flooding.",Applied geography,147,2022
MMM Piyumi, C Abenayake, A Jayasinghe, E Wijegunarathna,".Urban flood modeling application: assess the effectiveness of building regulation in coping with urban flooding under precipitation uncertainty.",Sustainable Cities and Society,75,2021
Amila Jayasinghe, Lindamullage Don Charls Hasintha Nawod Kalpana, Charithmali Chethika Abenayake, Pelpola Kankanamge Seneviratne Mahanama,".Urban Boundary Demarcation—An iCN Model Approach.",Social Sciences,10(12),2021
MNN Ranaweera, AB Jayasinghe, C Abenayake,".Study on Level of Vegetation Land Fragmentation in Western Province, Sri Lanka.",FARU Journal,8(1),2021
Amila Jayasinghe, Lindamullage Don Charls Hasintha Nawod Kalpana, Charithmali Chethika Abenayake, Pelpola Kankanamge Seneviratne Mahanama,".Urban Boundary Demarcation—An iCN Model Approach.",Social Sciences,10(12),2021
LDCHN Kalpana, AB Jayasinghe, CC Abenayake, PNP Wijayawardana,".Network Centrality Assessment (NCA): Assessing the Transport Network Resilience to Urban Flooding.",Journal of South Asian Logistics and Transport,1(1),2021
Amila Jayasinghe, N. B. S. Madusanka, Chethika Abenayake and P. K. S. Mahanama,".A Modeling Framework: To Analyze the Relationship between Accessibility, Land Use and Densities in Urban Areas.",Sustainability,13(2),2021
C. C. Abenayake, K. I. U. T. De Silva, P. K. S. Mahanama,".Rainwater Harvesting Innovations for Flood- Resilient Cities.",International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering,9,2020
Choolaka Hewawasam, S.A.D.S.S. Maheepala, C. C. Abenayake, P.K.S. Mahanama ,".Determination of Adaptive Capacity for Flash Floods in Sri Lankan Context: Colombo City.",International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering,9,2020
PNP Wijayawardana, CC Abenayake, AB Jayasinghe, LDCHN Kalpana, N Dias, D Amaratunga, R Haigh,".A GIS-Based Simulation Application to Model Surface Runoff Level in Urban Blocks.",FARU Journal,7,2020
LDCHN Kalpana, AB Jayasinghe, CC Abenayake, PNP Wijayawardana,".An Alternative Approach to Assess the Residential Population Resilience to Urban Flooding.",FARU Journal,7,2020
Mikami Yoshiki; A. Marasinghe; Yukawa Takashi; Iwahashi Masahiro,".Applicability of Extra-Local Methods for Assessing Community Resilience to Disasters: A Case of Sri Lanka.",Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ,18,2016
Yoshiki Mikami; A. Marasinghe,".Assessing Community Resilience to Climate-related Disasters: Examining the Relative Importance of Indicators.",International Proceedings of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering,91,2015
Edith Shiromini Ranjan,".A Study on Community's Perception on Disaster Resilience Concept.", Procedia Economics and Finance ,18,2014
Journal Publications
- Abenayke, C.C., Yoshiki, M., Marasinghe, A., & Takashi, Y., (2016), “Applicability of Extra-Local Methods for Assessing Community Resilience to Disasters: A Case of Sri Lanka”, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 18(2), pp. 1650010.1-26.
- Abenayake, C.C., Yoshiki, M., Marasinghe, A. (2016) “Assessing Community Resilience to Climate-related Disasters: Exploring the Relative Importance of Indicators”, International Proceedings of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, IACSIT Press, Singapore, Vol.91, pp. 27-35.
- Ranjan, E.S. & Abenayke, C.C., (2014), “A Study on Community’s Perception on Disaster Resilience Concept". Procedia Economics and Finance, 18(1), pp. 88-94.
- Mahanama, P.K.S., Abenayake, C.C., Jayasinghe, A., & Bandara, P.K.B.D.B., (2014), “Climate responses of local authorities: a case of Sri Lankan coastal urban areas”, International Journals of Scientific Knowledge (IJSK), 4(3), pp.59-66
- Mahanama, P.K.S., Jayasinghe, A., Jayasinghe, K.D.P.P., Bandara, P.K.B.D.B., & Abenayake, C.C., (2014), “Assesse the level of vulnerability in Sri Lankan coastal areas to climate exaggerated disasters: Application of Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS)”, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 2(8), pp. 523-534.
- Abenayake, C.C., Jayasinghe A. B., & Mahanama, P.K.S., (2013). "Local Knowledge on Climate Variation; A Case of Negombo and Batticaloa, Sri Lanka". Bhumi: The Planning Research Journal (Special Issue), Town & Country Planning Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1(3), pp. 16-29.
- Fernando, K.D., Abenayake, C.C., & Jayasinghe, A.B (2009) "A study of the spatial form of river base settlements at Gurugoda Oya valley". Journal of Social Sciences, Sri Lanka. Research Center for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 1(4), pp.459-474.
Conference Proceedings
- Abenayke, C.C., Yoshiki, M., & Marasinghe, A., 2016), “Assessing Community Resilience to Climate-related Disasters: Exploring the Relative Importance of Indicators”, Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change and Humanity – ICCCH 2016, Pattaya, Thailand, January, 2016.
- Abenayake, C.C., & Marasinghe, A., "Pragmatic Insights on Selection of Indicators to Assess Community Resilience to Disasters", Proceedings of the 52nd Infrastructure Planning Conference, Akitha, Japan, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No.53, pp.414-421, November 2015.
- Herath, H.R.M.D. & Abenayake, C.C., (2014). "A study of climate change adaptation responses in Wanduruppa, Sri Lanka; reading through integral theory", Proceedings of International Conference on Social Sciences, Colombo, Sri Lanka-2014, pp.157-176
- Bandara, P.K.B.D.B., Abenayake, C.C., Jayasinghe A. B., & Mahanama, P.K.S., (2013) “Study on the trends of rainfall and temperature patterns to identify the influence of climate variation in coastal cities in Sri Lanka”. Proceedings of FARU Conference – 2013, Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, 5(1), pp. 365-382, December 2013.
- Abenayake, C.C., Mahanama, P.K.S., Barthelot,K.S. & Holen, S.N. (2013). "Climate change adaptation as a tool to improve eco-system services; a case of Green Belt re-designs in Batticaloa City, Sri Lanka". Proceedings of European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA), Hamburg, Germany, March 2013.
- Bandara, P.K.B.D.B. & Abenayake, C.C. (2013) "Stakeholder preferences on 'Ecological Sanitation' approach as sewage disposing method in urban areas; a case of Habaradoowa, Sri Lanka”, Proceedings of SAITM research symposium on engineering advancements 2013, pp. 24-27, September 2013
- Abenayake, C.C., (2011), "Planning with People", Thematic article published in NOS PLAN Convention, 2011, CEPT University Press, Ahmedabad, India. January, 2011.
- Abenayake, C.C. & Munasinghe, J. N. (2008), "A study of evolutionary process of spatial form in Kalutara town, Sri Lanka", Proceedings of 2nd FARU Research Conference of 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2008 November.
- P.K.S Mahanama, C.Chethika Abenyake, Amila Jayasinghe: Batticaloa, Sri Lanka: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. Jessica Pelham 01/2013; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- P.K.S. Mahanama, A.B. Jayasinghe, C.Chethika Abenayake: Negombo, Sri Lanka: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. Edited by Jessica Pelham, 01/2013; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- P.K.S. Mahanma, C.Chethika Abenyake, Amila Jayasinghe: GHG INVENTORY - Batticaloa Municipal Council Area and surrounding. 07/2010; PCU, Faclty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa.
- P.K.S. Mahanama, Amila Jayasinghe, C.Chethika Abenyake: GHG INVENTORY - Negombo Municipal Council & Surroundings. 06/2010; PCU, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa
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