Land, lava, and disaster create a social dilemma after the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano

Bruce F. Houghton; Wendy A. Cockshell; Chris E. Gregg; Brett H. Walker; Karl Kim; Caroline M. Tisdale; Eric Yamashita

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21455-2

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Land, lava, and disaster create a social dilemma after the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano

Bruce F. Houghton,
Wendy A. Cockshell,
Chris E. Gregg,
Brett H. Walker,
Karl Kim,
Caroline M. Tisdale,
Eric Yamashita

Affiliations

Bruce F. Houghton: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai’i
Wendy A. Cockshell: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai’i
Chris E. Gregg: Department of Geosciences, Eastern Tennessee State University
Brett H. Walker: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai’i
Karl Kim: National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawai’i
Caroline M. Tisdale: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai’i
Eric Yamashita: National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawai’i

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21455-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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The unprecedented cost of the 2018 eruption in Hawai’i reflects an intersection of disparate physical and social phenomena: widely spaced, highly destructive eruptions, and atypically high population growth. These were linked and the former indirectly drove the latter with unavoidable consequences.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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