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Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 4 (October 2020)
Open Access
Urbanisation processes in zones threatened by volcanic activity: The case of Latacunga at the foot of Cotopaxi in Ecuador
Mirosława Czerny
Mirosława Czerny
and
Andrzej Czerny
Andrzej Czerny
| Oct 31, 2020
Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 4 (October 2020)
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Published Online:
Oct 31, 2020
Page range:
183 - 192
Received:
Jan 27, 2020
Accepted:
Sep 17, 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0040
Keywords
Risk society
,
public participation
,
lahars
,
mudslides
,
Latacunga
,
Cotopaxi volcano
,
Ecuador
© 2020 Mirosława Czerny, Andrzej Czerny, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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
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
Figure 3
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
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
Figures 6
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
Figure 8
Cotopaxi volcanoPhoto taken by: Jerzy Makowski