Social dimensions of volcanic hazards, risk and emergency response procedures in southern Iceland

• Main Author: Deanne K Bird
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified; Environmental risk assessment > Iceland; Risk management; Katla; Mount (Iceland); Hazardous geographic environments; Volcanic hazard analysis; Emergency management; Hazardous geographic environments > Iceland > Social aspects; Risk perception > Iceland; Hazard mitigation > Iceland; Natural disasters; Emergency management > Iceland; Disasters > Prevention > Planning > Iceland; Natural disasters > Iceland > Social aspects; Risk management > Social aspects > Iceland; Risk perception; Hazard mitigation; Disasters; Volcanic hazard analysis > Iceland; Environmental risk assessment; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25949/19438922.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Social_dimensions_of_volcanic_hazards_risk_and_emergency_response_procedures_in_southern_Iceland/19438922

The Katla volcano in southern Iceland is one the most hazardous in the country. Frequent, destructive eruptions producing catastrophic jokulhlaup (glacial outburst floods), tephra fall and lightning hazards pose a serious risk to many local communities. Extensive geological and geophysical research...