- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
Contact information
Univerity of Moratuwa
Katubadda
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Ecology for Planning II -Undergraduate -2017
Environmental Assessment I -Undergraduate -2017
Environmental Assessment II -Undergraduate -2017
Environmental Infrastructure -Undergraduate -2017
Disaster Management -Undergraduate -2017
Regional Planning and Design Studio -Undergraduate -2017
Spatial Planning and Design Studio II -Undergraduate -2017
Site Planning and Design Studio -Undergraduate -2017
Environmental Region Studio -Postgraduate -2017
Planning for Risk and Uncertainty -Postgraduate -2017
Urban Governance, Planning and Environment Law -Postgraduate -2017
Urban Planning & Design Studio -Postgraduate -2017
Level 01 - Year Coordinator - (2023 To 2024)
Student Councilor - (2015 To 2026)
Program Coordinator / MSc in Environmental Planning: -Minor Curriculum Revision of the Master芒鈧劉s Degree in Environmental Planning, Diploma in Environmental Planning, and Master of Science in Environmental Planning (2023 To date)
Undergraduate coordinator Bachelor of Science in Urban Informatics and Planning -Coordinates undergraduate activities within the degree program in Urban Informatics and Planning. (2025 To date)
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, 福利在线看 of Sri,Jayawardenapura ,1999 Applied Science
MPhil, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa ,2004 Civil Engineering
Masters, 福利在线看 of CEPT ,2007 Environmental Planning
PhD, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa ,2022
PhD, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa ,2022
PhD, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa ,2022
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Herath, M., Sivananthan, P., Alahacoon, N., Amarasinghe, U. A., & Amarnath, G. ,". Sustainable operations of tank cascade management committees in Nawagaththegama and Kovilkulam, Sri Lanka: stakeholders perspectives..",International Water Management Institute (IWMI).,2024
Herath, H. M. M., Alahacoon, N., Sivananthan, P., Attoh, E. M., & Amarnath, G.,".Evaluating the impact of canal restoration in Kotagala, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka..",International Water Management Institute (IWMI).,2024
W. Ishini Udha Botheju*, H.M Malani Herath,".An Assessment of the Environmental Sensitivity of the Coastal Zone of Negombo, Sri Lanka.",Bh脙潞mi, The Planning Research Journal Vol.10, No.02, December 2023,2023
W.N.K Hapuwaththa, HMM Herath,".Stakeholders in flood risk management: a case study of the Nilwala river in Sri Lanka.",The 2nd International Conference on 福利在线看-Industry Collaborations for Sustainable Development (ICSD 2025),Colombo ,2025,81-95
G.U.K.M. Garusinghe , H.M.M. Herath,".ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY OF THE RIVERSCAPE STRUCTURE: A SPATIAL GRAPH-BASED APPROACH.",The 14th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment -2023,Kandy ,2023,
Udeni Garussinghe, HMM Herath,".Assessing the level of connectivity of the riverscape structure: A spatial graph-based approach.",ICSBE 2023, 22-24 Dec,Kandy ,2023,
Herath, H. M. M., Wijesekera, N. T. S., Rajapakse, R. L. H. L. ,".Development of an Operational Framework for Flood Risk Management.",IOP Conference Series,China,2021,p. 012009
Herath, H. M. M., Wijesekera, N. T. S., & Rajapakse, R. L. H. L.,".Management of Flood Risk with Spatial Planning in the Sri Lankan Context.",2021 International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference (CEAC 2021),Japan,2021,48-503
Suvimai EA.S.S ; Herath HMM, ,".Growing urban green movement; Evaluate the reinforcement of community garden for renewal community.",FARU,福利在线看 of Moratuwa,2021,
BA Ashika Sewwandi, HMM Herath ,".Delineating Elephant corridor in Northwestern wildlife region,.",International Research Symposium 2021 December, 福利在线看 of Vocational Technology, Sri Lanka,Colombo ,2021,474-481
NTS Wijesekera JN Munasingha ,".), Urban flood risk with spatial planning.",7th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016 (ICSBE),福利在线看 of Peradeniya.,2016,
NTS Wijesekera JN Munasingha ,".Urban flood risk in Colombo.", Young Researchers鈥� South Asian Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),Teri 福利在线看, New Delhi, India,2016,
NTS Wijesekera, JN Munasingha ,".Managing of urban flood risk with spatial planning a literature review.",FARU symposium,Faculty of Architecture, university of Moratuwa,2016,
,".Spatial Planning and Water risk management Interplay: The Case of Colombo, Sri Lanka, .",13th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) ,福利在线看 Technology Malaysia,2015,
,".Flood risk in urban areas of Sri Lanka.",World Resources Forum,Davos, Switzerland,2013,
Herath, H. M. M. (2025). ,".Climate-Resilient Water management: Evidence from Sri Lankan Village Tank Cascade Systems. .",Bhumi, The Planning Research Journal, ,12(2).,2025
Botheju, W. I. U., & Herath, H. M.M,".An Assessment of the Environmental Sensitivity of the Coastal Zone of Negombo, Sri Lanka..",Bhumi, The Planning Research Journal,Volume: 10 Issue: 2,2023
Amarasinghe, U. A., Ekanayake, C., Amarnath, G., Herath, M., Sivananthan, P., & Alahacoon, N. (2024). Sustainable operations of tank cascade management committees for climate adaptation in Sri Lanka.
Herath, H. M. M., Alahacoon, N., Sivananthan, P., Attoh, E., & Amarnath, G. (2024). Evaluating the impact of canal restoration in Kotagala, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Research report, International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Herath, H. M. M., Amarnath, G., & Alahacoon, N. (2024). Enhancing flood resilience: a framework for flood risk management system evaluation.
Herath, M., Sivananthan, P., Alahacoon, N., Amarasinghe, U., & Amarnath, G. (2024). Sustainable operations of tank cascade management committees in Nawagaththegama and Kovilkulam, Sri Lanka: stakeholders perspectives.
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