Usu Volcano Disaster Prevention Map

Usu (Toya), Japan, 2003

Hokkaido Disaster Prevention Committee. (2003). Usu Mountain Area Disaster Prevention Guidebook. Date City, Toyako Town, Sobetsu City, and Toyoura Town.

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Map Data

Map ID	3238
Hazard Process(es)	Ash-cloud surges; Ballistics; Explosion hazards, unspecific; Lahars; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone Presentation	Hazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a series of small map panels of similar sizes
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Volcano and surrounding area
Publication Format	Map in a booklet, longer fact-sheet, handbook, or guidebook
Zonation Method(s)	Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	Season or weather; Source location or direction; Specific past eruption; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric; Hazard process name
Probability Definition(s)	No probability definition was discernable from the map
Purpose	Crisis management and response: Intended to be used for managing, responding to, and taking action during an eruption; often includes evacuation routes, access restrictions, actions to take, etc.
Audience	General public and/or media
Language(s)	Japanese
Basemap(s)	Topographic map (colored contour map)
Basemap overlay(s)	Contour lines; Hillshade; Street map
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Categorical/Qualitative
Volcanic Alert Level System

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