Selected book chapters


Wickramsinghe, D.D. (2008) Contributor- Threatened Amphibians of the World. Edited by Stuart et al., Published by Lynx Editions, in association with IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and Nature Serve, Spain.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2009) Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture: A Sri Lankan perspective in Agriculture: Issues and Concerns. SMP Senanayake Felicitation Volume. Edited by Wimalaratana, W., University of Colombo. Sri Lanka.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2010) Coastal Ecosystems and Climate Vulnerability in Sri Lanka in Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Volume 5, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective, Edited by Shaw et al. Emerald House of Publishers. UK.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2012) Impacts of heavy metal pollution on wetlands in Impacts of Pollution on Species and Ecosystems. Edited by Wijesinghe, M. and Perera, I.C. Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka. Pp 12-16.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2013) Indicator animal taxa – Frogs in Biodiversity Indicators in Agricultural System: A Guide to Sustainable Farming. Supplementary booklet to the 33rd Annual Sessions, Sri Lanka. Pp 41-42.

Samanmali, M.A.D., Piyadasa, R.U.K., Wickramasinghe, D.D., ed Raju, and Janardhana, N.  (2016) Vulnerability of Ground Water Quality to Changing Climate: A Case Study from Kalpitiya peninsula, Sri Lanka, Chapter 34, Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resource in the Environment, Challenges Processes and Strategies,  Springer International Publishing, Pp 213 – 220, Print ISBN 978-3-319-18662-7, Online ISBN 978-3-319-18663-4.

Wickramsinghe, D.D. (2017) Regreening the coast: Community-based mangrove restoration and conservation in Sri Lanka.  Participatory Mangrove Management in a Changing Climate: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific. Edited by Shaw, R. and DasGupta, R. Springer Japan.Pp161-171.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. and Senadheera, L.L. (2017) Science and Technology Plan for Sri Lanka. In Shaw R., Lu L., Lian F. : Science Technology Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction : Asian Perspectives, ICSU, and IRDR, Beijing, China, 60 pages.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2019) Preparing for the Future : Challenges in Water Management in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In : Ray B., Shaw R. (eds) Urban Drought. Disaster Risk Reduction (Methods, Approaches, and Practices). Springer, Singapore.

Wickramasinghe, D.D. (2019) Ecosystems and watershed management. In: Watershed Management. The University of Colombo and United Nations Development Organization,  Sri Lanka. 

Wickramasinghe, Deepthi (2021). A “greener” alternative : The Sri Lankan experience of EcoDRR. In : Shaw, R and Mahua, M. (Eds) Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience – Integration of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Sustainable Development. Springer Nature, Japan

Wickramasinghe, D. (2021). Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.360

Wickramasinghe, Deepthi and Hettiarachchi, Chamari (2021): Prepardeness and Response for the COVID 19 Pandemic – a case study from the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. In Izumi, T.; Shaw, R.; Zhang H.; (2021): Universities’ Preparedness and Response Towards Multi-Hazards: COVID-19, Natural, and Human Induced Hazards by IRIDeS, Keio University, Tsinghua University, Japan, 79 pages.

Book Review: Major contributions

Subchapter 3.5 Environment and ecosystem services:  Science for Disaster Risk Management 2020: acting today, protecting tomorrow’ (2020)  Casajus Valles, A., Marin Ferrer, M., Poljanšek, K., Clark, I. (eds.), EUR 30183 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-18181-1, doi:10.2760/438998, JRC114026.