Multi-hazard risk mapping and assessment on an active volcano: the GRINP project at Mount Cameroon

To help improve the safety of its population faced with natural disasters, the Cameroon Government, with the support of the French Government, initiated a programme of geological risk analysis and mapping on Mount Cameroon. This active volcano is subject to a variety of hazards: volcanic eruptions,...

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Published in:	Natural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 429 - 456
Main Authors:	Thierry, Pierre, Stieltjes, Laurent, Kouokam, Emmanuel, Nguéya, Pierre, Salley, Paul M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-06-2008 Springer Springer Nature B.V Springer Verlag
Subjects:	Civil Engineering Crystalline rocks Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Earth, ocean, space Earthquakes Economics Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Environmental Engineering Environmental Management Environmental Sciences Exact sciences and technology Geological hazards Geophysics/Geodesy Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Hydrogeology Igneous and metamorphic rocks petrology, volcanic processes, magmas Mapping Natural disasters Natural Hazards Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc Original Paper Projects Risk analysis Risk assessment Seismic activity Slope stability Studies Volcanic eruptions Volcanoes Mount Cameroon Cameroon West Africa Africa Landslides Mount Cameroon Volcanic risk Multi-hazard geological risk mapping Earthquakes Vulnerability assessment preventive measures risk assessment Volcanic risk; Earthquakes projects natural hazards maps eruptions volcanoes Vulnerability assessment; Landslides natural disasters vegetation cartography volcanic risk vulnerability earthquakes frequency quality Mount Cameroon; Multi-hazard geological risk mapping management safety landslides instability infrastructures slope angle communities
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