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