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Selected Works
- Book Chapters and Monographs
- 2006. “BC Tsunami Warning: A Toolkit for Community Planning”. British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program, British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
- 2005. “National Early Warning System: Sri Lanka: Participatory Concept Paper for the Design of an Effective All-Hazard Public Warning System”. LIRNEAsia, Colombo. (with R. Samarajiva, M. Knight-John, A. Zainudeen)
- 2003. “The Wireless Revolution: Emerging Challenges for Integrated Emergency Communications Planning in Canada”, in Herder, P. and W. Thissen (Eds.) Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application. Kluwer, Netherlands. (with Gordon Gow)
- 2003. “Bringing Early Warning to the People: Electronic Technology and The Role of the Internet” in Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction . Jochan Zschau, Andreas Kuppers (eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- 2002. “Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age”, in Mansell, Robin, Samarajiva, Rohan. and Mahan, Amy. (Eds.) Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention. DUP Science. Delft.
- 1999. “Future Opportunities for Communication for Disaster Reduction at the Community Level,” in Ingleton, Jon, ed., Natural Disaster Management , Tudor Rose, Leicester.
- Journals and Professional Publications
- 2009. “Communications Technology, Emergency Alerts, and Campus Safety”, in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine .Volume 28, Number 2. (with Gordon A. Gow, Tara McGee, David Townsend and Stanly Varnhagen).
- 2008. “Common Alerting Protocol Message Broker for Last-Mile Hazard Warnings in Sri Lanka: An Essential Component”, in Proceedings of the 2nd International ISCRAM Workshop, Harbin, China. (with N. Waidyanatha, N. and G. Gow).
- 2008. “Last-Mile Hazard Information Dissemination: Challenges and Opportunities for Sri Lanka”. Asian Disaster Management News, Bangkok. (with N. Waidyanatha).
- 2003. “A General Framework for Mitigation-oriented Planning Assessments of Mobile Telecommunications Lifelines (MRTL)” in Natural Hazards 28. Special Issue: An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada . Kluwer.(with Gordon Gow)
- 2003. “Satellite communications in disaster management: selected Canadian systems”, in Space Communications 18 , Numbers 3,4. IOS Press. (with James B. Hamilton.)
- 1997. “Virtual Emergency Management Information Systems,” Stop Disasters , No. 32, II.
- 1997. With Robert Stephenson. “Disasters and the Information Technology Revolution,” Disasters: the Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management , Blackwell Publishers, Vol. 21, No. 4, December.
- 1996. “Building Emergency Lanes on Canada’s Information Highway,” Emergency Preparedness Digest , Vol. 23, No. 3, July–September.
- Published Conference Papers
- 2008. “Last-Mile Hazard Warning System in Sri Lanka: Performance of WorldSpace Addressable Satellite Radios for Emergency Alerts”. Proceedings IEEE 1st International WPMC Symposium,Jaipur, India. (with N. Waidyanatha, S. Rangarajan and G. Gow)
- 2007. “Community-based Hazard Warnings in Rural Sri Lanka: Performance of Alerting and Notification in a Last-Mile Message Relay”. Proceedings IEEE 1st International WRECOM2007 Conference and Exhibition, Rome, Italy. (with N. Waidyanatha and G. Gow)
- 2007. “Common Alerting Protocol Message Broker for Last-Mile Hazard Warnings in Sri Lanka: An Essential Component”. Proceedings of the 2nd International ISCRAM Workshop, Harbin, China (B. Van de Walle, X. Li, and S. Zhang, eds.), Pages 59 – 65 (with N. Waidyanatha and G. Gow)
- 2007. “Hazard Warnings in Sri Lanka: Challenges of Internetworking with Common Alerting Protocol”. Proceedings ISCRAM2007, Delft (B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, and C. Nieuwenhuis, eds.), Pages 281-293. (with N. Waidyanatha and G. Gow)
- 2003. “Mobile Wireless Networking for Planetary Exploration,” Keynote Topic, ESA Wireless Data Communications Onboard -Spacecraft Technology and Applications Workshop , Noordwijk, The Netherlands. (with S. Braham and P. Lee)
- 2001. “The Wireless Revolution: Emerging Opportunities and Hidden Risks for the Emergency Management Communities,” in Proceedings of the of 5th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation: Critical Infrastructures , The Hague, Netherlands, 26-29 June. (with Gordon Gow)
- 2001. “Advanced Emergency Wireless Communications Infrastructures In British Columbia”, in Proceedings of a Workshop on the Canadian Disaster Management Information System, Natural Resources Canada, 22 October.
- 1999. “Canada and Analogue Sites for Mars Exploration,” in Proceedings of the of The Second Canadian Space Exploration Workshop , University of Calgary, 28-29 October. (with Stephen Braham, Pascal Lee, Richard Alena, and Brian Glass)
- 1998. “Use of Electronic Technology in the Early Warning Process, Plenary Session on Public Communication of Warnings,” Proceedings: International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters , Potsdam, Germany, 7-11 September.
- 1996. “Creating Virtual Emergency Operations Centres: The Integration of Fixed and Mobile Emergency Management Information Systems,” in Proceedings of Pan Pacific Conference of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis , Vancouver, 29 July – 2 August.
- Commissioned Research Reports
- 2009. “Peace River Regional District Emergency Communications Study”. Chroma Communications Group Inc. (with Dirk de Jager)
- 2009. “South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Emergency Communications Review”. Chroma Communications Group Inc. (with Dirk de Jager)
- 2007. “Sri Lanka: Design Considerations for a Mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle”. International Telecommunications Union, Geneva.
- 2006. “Last of the Mile Warning System ICT Assessment and Community Simulation Observation Report”. LIRNEasia, Colombo.
- 2004. “Tsunamis and Coastal Communities in British Columbia: An Assessment of the BC Tsunami Warning System and Related Risk Reduction Practices”. Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness. (with Gordon Gow)
- 2001. “Enhancing Canadian Emergency Information Exchange Through New Media Applications”. Emergency Preparedness Canada. (with Gordon Gow)
- 2000. “Use of Public Commercial Cellular Telephone Services within the Canadian Emergency Management Community: Prospects and Challenges for the Coming Decade”. Emergency Preparedness Canada. (with Gordon Gow)
- 1999. “Alternative Communication Arrangements for the Ministry of Social Services and Economic Security”. Ministry of Social Services and Economic Security.
- 1998. “Conceptual Framework For A British Columbia Emergency Communication Plan”. British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program, Ministry of Attorney General.
- 1997. “Strengthening Canadian Emergency Preparedness Activities on the Canadian Information Highway: Final Report” Emergency Preparedness Canada.
- Research in Progress
- Next-generation emergency communication systems to support community-based response to disasters.
- Assessing inter-municipal emergency communication requirements within the Metro Vancouver Region.
