Sarath MataraarachchiUNSW Sydney | UNSW · School of Built Environment Faculty of Arts Architecture Design and Social Sciences
Sarath Mataraarachchi
BSc (Hons) MSusBE PhD (Arch)
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Introduction
Sarath Mataraarachchi currently works at the Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney. Their current project is 'Capacity Building in Green infrastructure and Housing for Poverty Reduction in Pacific island Countries'.
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Publications (13)
The past decade has witnessed the dawn of globalisation, which is not only considered as advantageous, but also an inevitable phenomenon by academic, political and business leaders throughout the world. Irrespective of their size, location and economic status, countries around the world are influenced by the forces of globalisation and as a result,...
Landfills have been considered the most convenient approach for dealing with waste from time immemorial, even though some have led to disasters of catastrophic proportions. Moreover, recent findings by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the decomposing fraction of landfill waste that generates greenhouse gases (GHGs) may...
Community participation and the engagement of urban low-income households in the planning and management of their neighbourhoods and the improvement and maintenance of their domestic environment and services are now firmly lodged in the international rhetoric of urban poverty alleviation and slum improvement, under the general banner of ‘good gover...
The inner suburbs of West End - South Brisbane - Highgate triangle is known as Kurilpa to the Aboriginal community. Historically, Kurilpa was a neutral meeting and ceremonial ground for all Aboriginal tribes in most parts of Queensland. This was its uniqueness. During the last two centuries, many Aboriginal people died in this area - by choice. Bor...
This is the part 2 of the research report under the same tile.
The research study was undertaken in April - June 1990.
To Aboriginal people, the West End - South Brisbane - Highgate Hill triangle has always been known as Kurilpa. This group of people was rapidly diminishing as a result of so called development - a kind of development which values concrete jungles over and above humanity, which appreciates on...
The panel proposes that development in the Pacific Island countries is hampered by limited or lack of community capacity. Global attention towards the development issues, climate change, and security of the region is more augmented than ever, and consequently, development aid to the region has increased. Conversely, aid ineffectiveness in the Pacif...
This report is the summary of the outcomes of a symposium held in Nadi, Fi from 25-27 June 2028 titled "Capacity Building in Green Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction in Pacific Island Countries"
This is the second and final report for the CRCLCL's research project RP3038, Lower income barriers to low carbon living.
The first report, Summary of focus group and survey findings, detailed the findings from our focus group discussions with lower income households across four Australian jurisdictions. This final report focuses on the suggestions...
This paper presents preliminary findings of a recent research project on the barriers that lower-income households in four Australian cities – Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin – face in reducing their carbon consumption, and the impact of programs implemented by federal and state governments and support organisations to assist such reductions....
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Project (1)
Capacity to develop and establish local projects (mobilisation of financial, human and organisational resources) - can work independently, able to motivate unwilling or unresponsive members - to conduct technical, service delivery and logistical tasks associated with setting up of local projects - to relate and attract resources and support and linking infrastructure to poverty reduction activities.
