The interest of cartography for a better perception and management of volcanic risk: From scientific to social representations. The case of Mt. Pelée volcano, Martinique (Lesser Antilles)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 186-194

  Leone, Frédéric ^a   Lesales, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b Environment and Development of the Caribbean   (France)

Author keywords

French West Indies; GIS; land use; Mount Pel e; perception; risk; volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TOOLS; COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS; ERUPTIVE SCENARIOS; FRENCH WEST INDIES; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE MAPS; LESSER ANTILLES; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL EXTENT; SURVEY DATA; TOTAL LOSS; VOLCANIC HAZARD; VOLCANIC HAZARDS; VOLCANIC RISK;

DAMAGE DETECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; MAPS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLCANOES;

HAZARDS;

CARTOGRAPHY; COPING STRATEGY; DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARTINIQUE; MOUNT PELEE; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 69749095852     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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