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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 15): ‘LIFE ON LAND’ – ENGINEERS ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY

BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED https://iesl.lk/SLEN/58/SDG.php Land is a fundamental resource for dignified human living, primarily for safer dwelling in this era. It is required for developing a number of socio-economic sectors too, such as agriculture, forestry, irrigation, plantation, and industries, apart from the need for other large-scale physical infrastructures such as...

Book chapters published

Saja co-authored two book chapters in a recently published Springer book titled “Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk” edited by Amaratunga D., Haigh R., Dias N. (2021) Saja A.M.A., Lafir Sahid S.M., Sutharshanan M., Suthakaran S. (2021) Public Addressing System in Religious Places as Early Warning Dissemination Nodes—A Case Study in Sri Lanka. In:...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 14): ‘LIFE BELOW WATER’ – PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE OCEANS AND SEAS AND THE LIFE WITHIN THEM IS A VITAL TASK FOR ENGINEERS

BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED Sri Lanka has a coastline that extends over 1,700 km, with numerous coastal and marine ecosystems, which include a variety of economic activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism and ports and shipping. Such economic activities provide livelihood for more than 300,000 people through fisheries and around...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 13): ‘CLIMATE ACTION’ – ENGINEERS CANNOT DO AWAY WITH IT

BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED https://iesl.lk/SLEN/56/SDG.php “Doing the right thing on climate change should be baked into an engineer’s DNA”– Anthony Ingraffea, Professor, Cornell University Climate change has become a major threat to the entire humanity globally. Sri Lanka too continues to experience a number of climate-induced disasters every year, which lead...

A conference abstract on Critical infrastructure framework was published in AIT Conference 2021

The 2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development” was held from 24 -25 June 2021 at Asian Institute of Technology, THAILAND (In-person and Virtual) . A conference paper co-authored by Saja was presented and the abstract was published in the conference proceedings. This conference paper was presented by Mathavanayakam Sathurshan , the first author of the paper titled...

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