Map of Volcanic Hazards of Arenal Volcano Costa Rica: A Tool to Plan the Use of Land and Mitigate Potential Disasters
Arenal, Costa Rica, 2005
Soto, G.J. & Sjöbohm, L. (2005). Map of Volcanic Hazards of Arenal Volcano Costa Rica: A Tool to Plan the Use of Land and Mitigate Potential Disasters. (Modified from: Soto, G.J. & Sjöbohm, L. (2005). Sobre el mapeo de los peligros volcánicos del Arenal (Costa Rica) como una herramienta para la planificación del uso del suelo y la mitigación de desastres. Memoria VIII Seminario de Ingeniería Estructural y Sísmica, San José, Costa Rica, Septiembre 2005, 26 p.)
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Map Data
Map ID 3886 Hazard Process(es) Acid rain; Ballistics; Debris avalanches; Earthquakes; Gas; Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts; Lava flows; PDCs; Tephra fall; Tsunami; 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 sheet or poster Zonation Method(s) Derived/simplified from another map Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Size, VEI, or intensity; Specific past eruption; Style or type Hazard Zone Label(s) Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric; Hazard process name; Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Scenario name Probability Definition(s) Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Scenarios imply probability Purpose Multiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management Audience Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners) Language(s) English Basemap(s) Hillshade Basemap overlay(s) Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Red to Yellow