NDLI: Volcanic risk perception in northern Chiapas, Mexico

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Author	Rodríguez VanGort, Frances velo Casava, David A.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The eruptions of El Chichón volcano on March–April 1982 impacted at least 51 communities located in the surroundings of the volcano causing the death of about 2,000 people in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. In this work, we evaluate the risk perception in five of these communities: Juárez, Ostuacán, Pichucalco, Reforma, and Sunuapa. Our results indicate that (1) people perceive very low volcanic risk; (2) about 95 % of the population do not know the current activity of the volcano and consider that the authorities do not inform properly about these issues to their communities; (3) the response of the authorities is considered deficient mainly because it was unable to provide enough shelters, storage facilities, food, medicine, and health care during the eruption; and (4) approximately 70 % of the population will not accept to be relocated in case of another eruption because they do not know any plan, strategy, emergency schemes, shelter locations, or evacuation routes. These results are important because according to the local state government, more than 100,000 people will be directly impacted in case of the occurrence of a similar eruption to the one in 1982. Perception of risk plays an important role for developing mitigation and response plans in this region. Thus, the level of volcanic risk perception is an important element of the existing social vulnerability of the five studied communities.
Starting Page	1281
Ending Page	1295
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0921030X
Journal	Natural Hazards
Volume Number	76
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15730840
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-12-17
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Risk perception Volcanic risk Vulnerability El Chichón volcano Chiapas, Mexico Natural Hazards Hydrogeology Geophysics/Geodesy Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Civil Engineering Environmental Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science Water Science and Technology

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