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Urbanisation processes in zones threatened by volcanic activity: The case of Latacunga at the foot of Cotopaxi in Ecuador Cover

Urbanisation processes in zones threatened by volcanic activity: The case of Latacunga at the foot of Cotopaxi in Ecuador

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 4 (October 2020)
By: Mirosława Czerny and  Andrzej Czerny  
Open Access
|Oct 2020

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Figure 1

Land threatened by lahars should there be a further eruption of CotopaxiSource: Own elaboration on the basis of Mapa Regional de Amenazas Volcanicas Potenciales del Volcan Cotopaxi – Zona Sur 2015
Land threatened by lahars should there be a further eruption of CotopaxiSource: Own elaboration on the basis of Mapa Regional de Amenazas Volcanicas Potenciales del Volcan Cotopaxi – Zona Sur 2015

Figure 2

Latacunga – the old San Gabriel textile mill, located in the river valley and so inundated by mudslides following the 1877 eruption of CotopaxiPhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny
Latacunga – the old San Gabriel textile mill, located in the river valley and so inundated by mudslides following the 1877 eruption of CotopaxiPhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny

Figure 3

Cutuchi River in LatacungaPhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny
Cutuchi River in LatacungaPhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny

Figure 4

Monitoring room. One camera shows the volcano Cotopaxi all the timePhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny
Monitoring room. One camera shows the volcano Cotopaxi all the timePhoto taken by: Mirosława Czerny

Figure 5

Nueva Vida/Campo Verde – places threatened by flooding of laharsSource: presentation for members of the Geographical Congress made by Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencia, 14 April 2019
Nueva Vida/Campo Verde – places threatened by flooding of laharsSource: presentation for members of the Geographical Congress made by Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencia, 14 April 2019

Figures 6

New housing construction in Nueva Vida/Campo Verde (Latacunga)Photo taken by: Mirosława Czerny
New housing construction in Nueva Vida/Campo Verde (Latacunga)Photo taken by: Mirosława Czerny

Figures 7

New housing construction in Nueva Vida/Campo Verde (Latacunga)Photo taken by: Mirosława Czerny
New housing construction in Nueva Vida/Campo Verde (Latacunga)Photo taken by: Mirosława Czerny

Figure 8

Cotopaxi volcanoPhoto taken by: Jerzy Makowski
Cotopaxi volcanoPhoto taken by: Jerzy Makowski
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 183 - 192
Submitted on: Jan 27, 2020
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Accepted on: Sep 17, 2020
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Published on: Oct 31, 2020
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Risk society,
public participation,
lahars,
mudslides,
Latacunga,
Cotopaxi volcano,
Ecuador
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

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