Ranjith Perera (Asian Institute of Technology)

Dr. Ranjith Perera
Assistant Professor
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok
Urban Environmental Management Program
PO Box 4, Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

phone: 66/2-5246264
fax:   66/2-5162126
email: ranjithp@ait.ac.th
email: lsrperera@hotmail.com
url:   ttp://www.asdu.ait.ac.th/faculty/FacultyByID.cfm?FacultyID=538

Description of work:

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).

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.

Key Words: Informal sector, Built-environment, Architecture, Housing, 
Multi-habitation, Disaster preparedness, Strategic Planning, 
Urban environmental management 

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)