Exploring the factors that influence the perception of risk: The case of Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 238-252

  Gavilanes Ruiz, Juan Carlos ^a   Cuevas Muñiz, Alicia ^a   Varley, Nick ^a   Gwynne, Gemma ^a   Stevenson, John ^a   Saucedo Girón, Ricardo ^b   Pérez Pérez, Anaid ^c   Aboukhalil, Mary ^d   Cortés Cortés, Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hazard; perception; risk; risk management; Volc n de Colima

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; LONG LASTING; ME-XICO; PERCEPTION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; POLITICAL FACTORS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; VOLCANIC RISK; VULCANIAN EXPLOSIONS;

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VOLCANOES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPLEXITY; COPING STRATEGY; DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAHAR; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

COLIMA; COLIMA VOLCANO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

PLINIA;

EID: 69749083895     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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