Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters
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Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters

  1. 532 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters

About this book

Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. It takes a geoscientific approach to the topic while integrating the social and economic issues related to volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disasters. Throughout the book case studies are presented of historically relevant volcanic and seismic hazards and disasters as well as recent catastrophes, such as Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption in June 2011.- Puts the expertise of top volcanologists, seismologists, geologists, and geophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board at your fingertips- Presents you with the latest researchā€”including case studies of prominent volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disastersā€”on causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation- Numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous processes support you in grasping key concepts

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Co-editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Editorial Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Global Distribution of Active Volcanoes
  10. Chapter 2. Basaltic Lava Flow Hazard
  11. Chapter 3. Impacts from Volcanic Ash Fall
  12. Chapter 4. Volcanic Ash Hazards and Aviation Risk
  13. Chapter 5. Pyroclastic Density Current Hazards and Risk
  14. Chapter 6. Lahars at Cotopaxi and Tungurahua Volcanoes, Ecuador: Highlights from Stratigraphy and Observational Records and Related Downstream Hazards
  15. Chapter 7. In situ Volcano Monitoring: Present and Future
  16. Chapter 8. Using Multiple Data Sets to Populate Probabilistic Volcanic Event Trees
  17. Chapter 9. Operational Short-term Volcanic Hazard Analysis: Methods and Perspectives
  18. Chapter 10. Human and Structural Vulnerability to Volcanic Processes
  19. Chapter 11. Costā€“Benefit Analysis in Volcanic Risk
  20. Chapter 12. Volcanic Risks and Insurance
  21. Chapter 13. Extreme Volcanic Risks 1: Mexico City
  22. Chapter 14. Extreme Volcanic Risks 2: Mount Fuji
  23. Chapter 15. Volcanic Gas and Aerosol Hazards from a Future Laki-Type Eruption in Iceland
  24. Chapter 16. Explosive Super-Eruptions and Potential Global Impacts
  25. Chapter 17. Integration of European Volcano Infrastructures
  26. Chapter 18. Integrated Monitoring of Japanese Volcanoes
  27. Chapter 19. Integrating Efforts in Latin America: AsociaciĆ³n Latinoamericana de VolcanologĆ­a (ALVO)
  28. Index