Cities and Volcanoes

Résumé

Cities and Volcanoes is a part of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience series, offering interdisciplinary explanations for the factors that transform volcanic crises into natural disasters. It takes advantage of recent exceptionally well documented volcanic crises to identify the complex mesh of physical, societal and human factors to pinpoint the roles of urban and rural planning in modulating their impact.

Major recent eruptions covered in the book include 2010 Merapi, 2010 Eyjafjallajökull, 2004-2008 St Helens, and 1980-2014 Kilauea to show the convoluted and compounding interplay of economic, societal and human factors with geology, hydrology and meteorology that cause large disasters and outlines the planning solutions required for successful long-term hazard mitigation.

This is the only book ever written to take a holistic perspective on volcanic crises and the planning of cities. It is an ideal primer for practical training and education programs geared towards community leaders, disaster managers, and others involved in risk reduction in volcanic areas as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in planning, physical sciences, social sciences, economics and engineering.

Contenu

Foreword Acknowledgements Part 1: Concepts and Framework Chapter 1. The face of a volcanic crisis Chapter 2. Physical factors Chapter 3. Institutional and societal factors Chapter 4. Human factors Chapter 5. Risk and vulnerability analysis Part 2: Learning from experience Chapter 6. Eyjafjallajökull 2010 Chapter 7: Merapi 2010 Chapter 8: St Helens 2004-2008 Chapter 9: Unzen 1990 1995 Chapter 10: Pinatubo 1991 Chapter 11: Nevado del Ruiz 1985 Chapter 12: Ruapehu 1995-1996 Chapter 13: Summary lessons from volcanic crises Part 3: Planning for Safe Communities Chapter 14. Warnings and messages Chapter 15: Planning for resilience Chapter 16: The case study of Kagoshima Chapter 17: The case study of Vesuvius Chapter 18: the case study of Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand Chapter 19: The case study of Merapi, Indonesia Chapter 20: The case study of Puna, Hawaii, 2014 Chapter 21: Conclusions: from knowledge to practice