CoV9. S2.4 "Hazards mapping in Latin America and their aftermath in decision-making and society’s response"
From: Hugo Delgado Granados <hugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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During the last decades there has been an important effort in the Latin American region for producing hazards maps for the most dangerous volcanoes. Institutional efforts in some countries have made their maps before an eruption occurred as in the case of Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador. A combination of academic institutions together with civil defense institutions have made a good job producing hazards maps and use them just at the beginning of an eruption as in the case of Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico. Other countries such as El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica have also made an important progress in developing hazards maps for their volcanoes by integrated efforts of the institutions devoted to observe volcanoes in combination with academic entities inside and outside of those countries.
At some countries, foreign and internal academic institutions have also made efforts to produce hazards maps, some as an academic exercise, others as a part of a genuine interest to help. However, some products may not produce a positive reaction from the institutions in charge of developing the maps. Besides, there are several problems still (i. e. financial, technical, training) for producing hazards maps and it is very important to know the nature of those difficulties at every country of the region.
This session will be a forum to share experiences producing hazards maps over the last decades in Latin America focusing in three issues: a) Methods applied to produce the maps; b) Design of the hazards maps; and c) Use of the hazards maps for planning and disaster prevention.
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