LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

ICSBE 2010 - Volume 4

1.)TSUNAMI FORCE MITIGATION BY TROPICAL COASTAL TREES, PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS AND CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA, CONSIDERING THE EFFECT OF TREE BREAKING By Norio Tanaka Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University Nguyen Ba Thuy Researcher, Marine Hydrometeorological Center, Vietnam.

2.)THE ROLE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WETLAND ECOSYSTEM AND WATER QUOLITIES, IN CASE OF JAPANESE WETLAND By Yasushi Sasaki Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Saitama University Saitama, Sakura-ku, Shimo-Ohkubo, 255，Japan．

3.)ZINC ADSORPTION BY LOWCOST SORBENT MATERIALS: CLAY TILE, BRICK, SAWDUST AND RICE HUSK By Ayoma Witharana, Mahesh Jayaweera and Jagath Manatunge Division of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda.

4.)EFFECT OF PHYSICAL TREE CHARACTERISITCS AND SUBSTRATE CONDITION ON MAXIMUM OVERTURNING MOMENT By A/Prof. J. Yagisawa, Prof. N. Tanaka and M.B. Samarakoon Assistant professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan.

5.)WATER BALANCE AND RENEWAL TIME OF REKAWA LAGOON, SRI LANKA; A RESTORATIVE APPROACH By Gunaratne GL, Manatunge J, Division of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Priyadarshana T Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka Tanaka N, Yasuda S Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan

6.)TSUNAMI HAZARDS: IMPACT MITIGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF COASTAL VEGETATION By Harini Thalagala, Harsha Ratnasooriya, Prof. Samantha Hettiarachchi Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

7.)Effects of Moisture Content and Shrinkage on Soil-Thermal Properties for Peat Soils in Japan By A/Prof. S. Hamamoto, S. Dissanayaka, Asso. Prof. K. Kawamoto, Prof. T. Komatsu Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan. Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Japan

8.)APPLICATION OF FLOATING WETLANDS AT TROPICAL CONTEXT FOR LAKE WATER RECLAMATION By S.K.Weragoda Plant Engineer, National water Supply and Drainage Board, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Norio Tanaka Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. M.I.M. Mowjood Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. K.S.B.N. Jinadasa Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

9.)EFFECTIVENESS OF COASTAL FORESTS IN MITIGATING TSUNAMI DAMAGE AT EASTERN COAST OF SRI LANKA By M.B. Samarakoon ,Matsumoto Yuto Postgraduate Student, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Saitama 338-8570, Japan Norio Tanaka Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Saitama 338-8570, Japan

10.)PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUB-SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEMS UNDER VARIABLE HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES By M. I. M. Mowjood Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. G. B. B. Herath, K. B. S. N. Jinadasa Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. G. M. P. R. Weerakoon Postgraduate Student, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

11.)CONSOLIDATION CHARACRACTERISTICS FOR SRI LANKAN AND JAPANESE CLAYS: VOID INDEX IN RELATION TO STRESS STATES AND SEDIMENTATION ENVIRONMENT By Y. Yanase, A/Prof. S. Hamamoto, Asso. Prof. K. Kawamoto Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan. Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Japan. T. Takemura Instructor, Dept.of Geosystem sciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Japan. L. C. Kurukulasuriya Senior Lecture Dept.of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka M. Oda Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan. H. Tsuboi Undergraduate student, Dept.of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan.

12.)ANALYSIS OF DRAG FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF REAL TREES WITH THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION FOR BIOSHIELD IN COAST By W.M.S.S. Karunaratne, Prof. S.B. Weerakoon, K.B.S.N Jinadasa Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Prof. Norio Tanaka, A/Prof. Junji Yagisawa, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan

13.)COASTAL EROSION: INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF SRI LANKA By Wijayawardane I.S.K., Ansaf K.M.M., Ratnasooriya A.H.R., Prof. Samarawickrama S.P. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.