Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Sustainable Development Goals and Challenges (2021), Pages Book House, Sri Lanka, pp. 100, Nov 2021 [In Tamil Language].

Guidelines
 Needs and Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit for Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Floods, Landslides, CKDu and Drought for Sri Lanka, UNICEF/Seva Lanka, RECA Project, Global WASH Cluster/UNICEF, 2014.
 Guidelines for well cleaning and repairing after floods, Batticaloa district, Oxfam,  2015.

Journal papers

2022                

[Journal Paper]

Sathurshan, M.; Saja, A.; Thamboo, J.; Haraguchi, M.; Navaratnam, S. Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Systematic Literature Review of Measurement Frameworks. Infrastructures 2022, 7, 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7050067

2021

[Book Chapter]

Saja AMA., Sahid SLM., Sutharshanan M., Suthakaran S. Public Addressing System in Religious Places as Early Warning Dissemination Nodes – A Case Study in Sri Lanka. In Multi – Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction, edited by Amaratunga D., Haigh R., and Dias N. Springer, pp.247-262, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-73003-1.

2021

[Book Chapter]

Zarouk Z., Mallawatntri A., Saja AMA., Attanayake K., Piyadasa RUK. A conceptual model for community- driven Ecosystem- based Disaster Risk Reduction. In Multi – Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction, edited by Amaratunga D., Haigh R., and Dias N. Springer, pp. 751-763, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-73003-1.

2021

[Journal Paper]

Saja, A. M., Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A., & Ziyath, A. M. (2021). A Critical Review of Social Resilience Properties and Pathways in Disaster Management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 1-15.

2021

[Journal Paper]                       

Saja AMA, Zimar AMZ, Junaideen SM. Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices and Challenges in the Southeastern Coastal Cities of Sri Lanka. Sustainability 13(8):4556.

2021

[Book Chapter]

Saja, AMA, Sahid, SL, & Sutharshanan, M. Capacity-Building Strategy for Creating Disaster-and Climate-Risk-Sensitive Development Plans—A Case Study of Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Sri Lanka. In Integrated Research on Disaster Risks (pp. 231-249). Springer, Cham.

2021

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Teo, M, Goonetilleke, A, & Ziyath, AM. Assessing social resilience in disaster management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 52, 101957.

2020

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Sahid, ML, & Sutharshanan, M. Implementing Sendai Framework priorities through risk-sensitive development planning–A case study from Sri Lanka. Progress in Disaster Science, 5, 100051.

2020

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Teo, M, Goonetilleke, A., Ziyath, AM, & Gunatilake, J. Selection of surrogates to assess social resilience in disaster management using multi-criteria decision analysis. International journal of disaster resilience in the built environment.

2020

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A, Ziyath, AM, & Nianthi, KR. Surrogate measures to assess mobility of people as a resilience indicator in disaster management: An exploratory study in Southeastern Sri Lanka. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 11(1), 13-31.

2019

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Goonetilleke, A, Teo, M, & Ziyath, AM. A critical review of social resilience assessment frameworks in disaster management. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 35, 101096.

2018

[Journal Paper]

Saja, AMA, Teo, M, Goonetilleke, A, & Ziyath, AM. An inclusive and adaptive framework for measuring social resilience to disasters. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 28, 862-873.

2016

[Journal Paper]

Saja AMA, & Sevekari, P, Needs and Vulnerability Assessment indicators for specific hazards in Sri Lanka, Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 6 (1), 184-189.

2016

[Journal Paper]

Saja AMA, Ranjana UKP. Strengthening technical capacity of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) – Training priorities of CBOs and impact of training programs in selected districts of Sri Lanka, Journal of the Society of Geographical and Environmental Science 4, 13-25.  

2017

[Journal Paper]
A.M. Aslam Saja, Community Learning Needs in Gender Based Violence with Special Reference to Northern Districts in Sri Lanka, International Journal of multidisciplinary Studies (IJMS) 4 (2), 65-73.

Articles
 Saja Aslam A.M., Wijesekara Novil, Community Tsunami Early Warning System,   Sri Lanka in the “Early Warning Save lives – Good Practices and Lessons Learnt” publication by UNISDR, 2010 (http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/15254).

Other Conference papers
 Saja Aslam A.M., Gopahan.T,.(2016) Access to clean water from dug wells after flooding – Gaps and guidance notes for Eastern Sri Lanka, International Water Conference, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
 Saja Aslam A.M., Gopahan T., Croos K.J.,Sevakari P., (2016) Needs and vulnerability assessment indicators for water sector in pre and post flooding – A Sri Lankan example, International Water Conference, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
 “A Critical analysis of the Community Tsunami Early Warning System at Peraliya, Sri Lanka”- in 2nd National Symposium on DRR and Climate Change Adaptation in Sri Lanka,2010.

Thesis
 “A Critical analysis of the Community Tsunami Early Warning System at Peraliya, Sri Lanka”, Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of MSc Engineering in Disaster Management, 2009.

Training manuals

 Saja Aslam A.M., Chand B. Prem, Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) – 5 modules, RedR UK/CHA LSCB Program, 2009.

 Saja Aslam A.M. Humanitarian Essentials for youth – one day awareness module, 2017, Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Brown University, USA.

 Saja Aslam A.M. Managing Humanitarian Innovation – one day awareness module, 2019, Field Ready/ Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Brown University, USA.

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uB3OrHAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saja_Abdul_Majeed_Aslam