Cartographie de l’Alea Volcanique

Mapping of the Volcanic Hazard

Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island [France], 2012

Figure 6 in: Préfet de la Région Réunion. (2012). Schema de Prevention des Risques Naturels de la Réunion. Diagnostic et Programme d’Actions.

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Map Data

Map ID	1514
Hazard Process(es)	Ballistics; Tephra fall; Unstated or all hazards
Hazard Zone Presentation	Hazard level- and process-focused: Hazards are both combined by hazard level and separated by hazard process type on a main map and series of insets
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Volcano and surrounding area
Publication Format	Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)	Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	Source location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)	Recurrence interval
Purpose	Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
Audience	Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)	French
Basemap(s)	Administrative boundaries (e.g. county, park, intl.)
Basemap overlay(s)
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Rainbow
Volcanic Alert Level System

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