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Plantas Hidroeléctricas Toro 1, 2, y 3: Actualizción de la Amenaza Volcánica del Poás. Amenaza por Lahares

Toro 1, 2, and 3 Hydroelectric Plants: Update on the Poás Volcanic Threat. Lahar threat

Poás, Costa Rica, 2018

Alvarado, G.E. & Vargas, A. (2018). Plantas Hidroeléctricas Toro 1, 2 y 3: Actualización de la amenaza volcánica del Poás. 120 p. Área de Amenazas y Auscultación Sismológica y Volcánica, ICE [Inf. Interno]. Reprinted in: Alvarado, G.E., Esquivel, L., Sánchez, B.E., & Alfaro, J.C. (2020). Actualización del Peligro Volcánico del Poás, Costa Rica. Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias (CNE). Febrero 2020.



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Alvarado, G.E., Esquivel, L., Sánchez, B.E., & Alfaro, J.C. (2020). Actualización del Peligro Volcánico del Poás, Costa Rica. Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias (CNE). Febrero 2020.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351781086_ACTUALIZACION_DEL_PELIGRO_VOLCANICO_DEL_POAS_COSTA_RICA

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Map Data

Map ID4023
Hazard Process(es)Lahars
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)LAHARZ or modified version (such as PFZ) (Iverson et al. 1998; Schilling 1998; Schilling 2014)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSize, VEI, or intensity; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)Scenarios imply probability
PurposeLand-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
AudienceLand-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)Spanish
Basemap(s)Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)Infrastructure map; Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeCategorical/Qualitative
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