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Kirishanthan Punniyarajah

Lecturer

Punniyarajah Kirishanthan is a Lecturer in Geography with a background in Geography and Environmental Management, as well as an Attorney. Environmental Changes and Management, Legal Geography, Environmental Governance, Environmental Law, and Rights of Nature are some of his research interests. He is currently looking for a Ph.D. programme in Legal Geography with a focus on River Rights, where he would be able to put his skills to good use and expand his intellectual horizons while furthering his vision of becoming an effective academic in the fields of Geography (legal geography) and Environmental Law and Management.

 

Papers and Publications

Books
 

  • Kirishanthan, P. (2016). ‘A Geographical Aspect of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the Vavuniya District’. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN-13:978-3-659-80261 4
  • Kirishanthan, P. (2016). ‘Current Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka’, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN- 978-3-330-01231-8


Conference Papers
 

  • Kirishanthan, P. (2020). ‘Perceptions of the Coastal Community on Coastal Erosion in the Coastal Belt of Kalutara, Sri Lanka’. International Webinar on Sustainable Development, Department of Geography, Kandra Radha Kanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, July 29 – 30 2020.
  • Kirishanthan, P. (2020). ‘Assessment of Effects of Coastal Erosion on Coastal Environment in Coastal Belt between Kalu River mouth and Bologoda River mouth, Sri Lanka’. International Conference on Agriculture, Food, Water, Biodiversity and Health in Changing Climate, XIV International Geographical Union (IUG) India, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, March 6-8, 2020. (Paper has been submitted for review)
  • Kirishanthan, P. (2017). ‘Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka’. International Conference on Geo- Spatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management and Climate Change, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Hyderabad, India on 21- 22, 2017.
  • Kirishanthan, P., Samanmali, M. A. (2016). ‘Analysis on Drinking Water Quality in the Vavuniya Divisional Secretary Division using Geographical Information System (GIS)’. 37th Asian Conference on Remote sensing: Promoting Spatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Economic Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 17th - 21st, 2016, (principal author)

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