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Mailing Address Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Urban Environmental Management Program PO Box 4, Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

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Research Interests Dr. Perera is from Sri Lanka. He is an architect-planner by profession. He received his qualifications in architecture from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. His qualifications in urban planning are from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. He obtained his PhD in Urban Environmental Management from AIT in 1994. He was a British Commonwealth Fellow at the Commonwealth Association of Architects, London, and a Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Dr. Perera has 21 years of experience as an architect, urban planner, project manager, researcher and an academic in several institutions in Sri Lanka, Thailand and USA. He also has project experience in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Cambodia and Lao PDR. His present interests in research and project work are on community-based urban environmental management and eco-sensitive planning and design of urban settlements. Dr. Perera is very conversant with South Asian and South-east Asian issues pertaining to urban environment in general and urban built-environment in particular.

Teaching Interests Dr. Ranjith Perera is a full time faculty member of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), in Bangkok, Thailand where he is attached to the Urban Environmental Management (UEM) Field of Study in the School of Environment, Resources and Development. He is teaching post-graduate level courses on Urban Environmental Management Systems, Urban Planning, and Urban Environmental Design at AIT. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he is responsible to co-manage the UN-Habitat sponsored Urban Management Program (UMP-Asia), and coordinate demonstration projects component of the CIDA Sponsored South-east Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications Project (SEA-UEMA).

Publications * a. Books and monographs 1. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Amin, A.T.M.N. (1993). The Two Decades of Informal Sector Studies: A bibliography, HSD Reference Material No.27, Bangkok: Asian Institute of Technology, Pp.106 2. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Amin, A.T.M.N. (1993). The Second Decade of Informal Sector Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, HSD Reference Material No.28, Bangkok, Asian Institute of Technology, Pp. 156 3. Perera, L.A.S.R (1994). Accommodating Informal Sector Enterprises in the Urban Built Environment, HSD Monograph No.36, Bangkok: Asian Institute of Technology, Pp.140 4. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Paranagamage, I.P.D.H. eds. (1995). Traffic Congestion at Sigiriya: The Problems and Design Solutions, Moratuwa: Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa 5. Perera, Ranjith & Pradhan, Pravakar eds., (2004). Endogenous Development for Sustainable Multi-habitations in Asian Cities, Bangkok: Asian Institute of Technology & Toyo University, Japan b. Book chapters 1. Perera, L.A.S.R. (1999). "Guidelines for Mitigating Damages to Dwellings in Flood Prone Areas", in Karunaratne, G. ed. Guidelines for Construction in Disaster Prone Areas, Colombo: National Building Research Organization, pp. 1-14 2. Perera, L.A.S.R. (2003). "Strategic Planning Approach for Urban Environmental Management at the Local Government Level", in Gosh, A. eds., Urban Environment Management: Local Government and Community Action, New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, pp.224-243 c. Refereed journal articles: national, regional, international 1. Perera, L.A-S.R. & Amin, A.T.M.N. (1995) "Feasibility of Accommodating Informal Sector Enterprises in Local Government Areas: A Case Study of Colombo, Sri Lanka", Regional Development Dialogue, Vol.16, No.2, pp.198-209 2. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Amin, A.T.M.N. (1996). "Accommodating the Informal Sector: A Strategy for Urban Environmental Management", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol.46, No.l, pp.3-15 3. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Ranasinghe, S.K. (1997). "Utilization of Energy and Architecture-Lighting Relationship", The Open University Review of Engineering Technology, Vol.3, No. 1, pp.31-36 4. Ranasinghe, S. & Perera, L.A.S.R. (1999). "Harnessing Natural Light for Energy Efficiency in Buildings", Built-Environment Sri Lanka, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 12-18 5. Perera, L.A.S.R. & Wickramasinghe, N.(2001). "Rational Use of Glass in Tropical Urban Climatic Conditions", Built-Environment Sri Lanka, Vol.2, No.1, pp.45-52 6. Perera, L.A.S.R. (2002). "Vernacular Nuances in the Post-colonial Architecture of Sri Lanka", Architexts, Vol.2, No.2, pp.15-21 7. Perera, R. (2003). "Problems and prospects of utilizing canal banks to enhance the built-environment in Colombo", Built-Environment Sri Lanka, Vol.3, No.2, pp.75-81 8. Pornchokchai, S. & Perera, R. (2003). "Housing Market in Bangkok After the Economic Crisis of 1997: Lessons Learnt from the Perspective of Housing Developers", Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 9. Pornchokchai, S. & Perera, R. (2004). "Housing Speculation in Bangkok: Lessons for Emerging Economies", Habitat International, (accepted for publication) 10. Viratkapan, V., Perera, R. & Watanabe, S. (2004). "Factors Contributing to the Development Performance of Slum Relocation Projects in Bangkok", International Development Planning Review, (accepted for publication) 12. Viratkapan, V., Perera, R. & Watanabe, S. (2004). "Slum Evictions and Relocations in The Bangkok Metropolitan Region During 1984-1995", Habitat International, (accepted for publication)

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