- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Lecturer (Probationary)
Contact information
Department of Town & Country Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Real Estate Development -Undergraduate -2016
Urban and Rural Finance -Undergraduate -2016
Urban Economics -Undergraduate -2016
Local planning Group Project -Undergraduate -2016
Urban Regeneration -Undergraduate -2016
ISRP -Undergraduate -2016
Planning Office Procedure -Undergraduate -2016
Economics for spatial Planning -Undergraduate -2016
Year Coordinator - Level One -Coordination of academic activities and other student-related matters for Level One (2022 To 2025)
Industrial Training Coordinator -Sourcing internship opportunities, carrying out student placements, and evaluating student performance in the Industrial Training module. (2022 To 2024)
Convener - Department Industry Consultative Board -Facilitating consultative meetings with industry partners and promoting strategic industry collaborations. (2022 To 2024)
Member of the FARU Committee -Served as an organizing committee member for the FARU Conference, December 2024 (2024 To 2024)
Director Quality Assuarance Cell of the Faculty of Architecture - (2025 To date)
Department QA Coordinator -Coordination of QA activities (2016 To 2018)
Research Activities
Land and Real Estate Markets
Land Development and Managment
Education and Professional Affiliations
Masters, University College London(UCL) ,2014 Msc Urban Development Planning
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2010 Hon.Degree of Bsc in Town and Country Planning
Masters, University Of Moratuwa ,
PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ,2022
Institute of Town Planners Sir lanka(2010 To date)
Cooperate Member of the Institute of Town Planners( To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Commonwealth-Shared Scholarship Awards (Received 2013)
Commonwealth-Shared Scholarship Awards (Received 2014)
Publications*
Priyanwada Indeewaree Singhapathirana, Eddie Chi Man Hui, Wadu Mesthrige Jayantha,".Critical factors affecting the public land development: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.",Land Use Policy,117,2022
S.Amarawickrama and N.Rajapaksha,".Defining Urban Sprawl in the Sri Lankan Context: With Special Reference to the Colombo Metropolitan Region.",Journal of Asian and African Studies,50,2015
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: Volume 50, pp 1-25.
Ongoing Research
Power relationships in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Urban Redevelopment; The case of Slave Island Housing Redevelopment, Colombo
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