Cartographie de l’Alea Volcanique
Mapping of the Volcanic Hazard
Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island [France], 2012
Figure 6 in: Préfet de la Région Réunion. (2012). Schema de Prevention des Risques Naturels de la Réunion. Diagnostic et Programme d’Actions.
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Map Data
Map ID 1514 Hazard Process(es) Ballistics; Tephra fall; Unstated or all hazards Hazard Zone Presentation Hazard level- and process-focused: Hazards are both combined by hazard level and separated by hazard process type on a main map and series of insets Temporal Scale Background, or long-term, map Spatial Scale Volcano and surrounding area Publication Format Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan Zonation Method(s) Geologic history Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Source location or direction Hazard Zone Label(s) Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low) Probability Definition(s) Recurrence interval Purpose Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development Audience Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners) Language(s) French Basemap(s) Administrative boundaries (e.g. county, park, intl.) Basemap overlay(s) Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Rainbow