
Welcome to my website. My
name is George Pararas-Carayannis. The Disaster
Pages provide a wealth
of educational
and scientific information
regarding recent
and historical, global
and regional destructive
tsunamis, devastating
earthquakes,
deadly volcanic eruptions
(like Krakatoa),
killer hurricanes
and hurricane surges
and man-made disasters.
To complete these
comprehensive
Disaster Pages, the additional
major categories
of Climate Change,
Ocean Governance,
Ocean Sustainability,
and Disaster Archaeology have been added.
To facilitate
review
and searches of
certain topics,
included on
the left
top corner of each
page, is a Navigation Guide that
links to a General
Site Map with specific
portals to numerous
other
of my pages. Furthermore, new material is
continuously
added
as well as formatting improvements to the
older pages to make
them more user-friendly. I
have tried to separate
the informational
and educational sections
of this website from
the more technical,
scientific reports. This website has been
prepared for public
information, as a
community service,
and in support of
other Internet sites
dealing with the
same subjects.
I
have no institutional sponsor and I am solely responsible for the accuracy
of the contents of this website. For
your information, for
about 35 years, I was involved with Tsunami Research at the Hawaii
Institute
of Geophysics of
the University of Hawaii
and with scientific organizations of the U. S. Government and also served
as Director of the World Data Center A-Tsunami,
as Director of the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) (under
the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(IOC) of UNESCO
and as Tsunami Advisor for
the State of Hawaii's Civil Defense.
As Oceanographer of the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, New York District, I conducted multidisciplinary environmental studies of the effects of ocean dumping in the New York Bight, using deep diving submersibles and surface vessels. As Oceanographer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) in Washington D.C., I assisted as consultant the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on nuclear plant sitting, on evaluation of hurricanes and hurricane surge effects on nuclear power plants, on reviews of Environmental impact statements, on the development and application of mathematical models and on other varied assignments. As member of the American Nuclear Society, I co-authored the Society’s National Environmental Standards for Nuclear Power Plants, safety, and sitting, and participated at hearings of the President's Council on Environmental Quality.
As Chief Scientist and Consultant to UNDP (United Nations Development Program) on South America, Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia Missions, I helped develop regional plans for disaster mitigation, the establishment of Regional Tsunami Warning Systems and prepared master plans for the development and implementation
of warning systems, as well as proposals for U.N. funding. As consultant to UNESCO and as member of a Special Committee, I helped develop and prepare a program of implementation for the Secretary General of the United Nations on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Mitigation (IDNDR). As Consultant to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission / Marine Sciences Section of UNESCO and UNDRO (United Nations Disaster Relief Organization), in Geneva, I assisted in establishing special training programs in developing countries in South America and other countries bordering the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Additionally,
I served as consultant to other United Nations scientific organizations,
several international governmental and non-governmental organizations and
to private industry (see brief
bio-summary & writings
and publications.). I was co-founder and
officer of two scientific organizations: The Tsunami Society and the International
Hazards
Society. I am presently
President of the Tsunami
Society International and serve as Editor of its International Journal "SCIENCE
OF TSUNAMI HAZARDS".
Website Navigation Guide
7th International Tsunami Symposium of Tsunami Society International
12 -15 SEPTEMBER 2016 ( ISPRA 2016, near Milan, ITALY), with optional field trip to the facilities of the European
Emergency Response Co-ordination Centre (ERCC) in Brussels, Belgium
7th International Tsunami Symposium