Articles for tag: disaster prevention, Geology, natural resilience, volcanic activity, volcanic towns

The Town Built on a Volcano - And Why It's Still Standing

The Town Built on a Volcano – And Why It’s Still Standing

Andrew Alpin

Living on a volcano sounds like the kind of dangerous decision that only happens in movies. Yet millions of people worldwide wake up each morning with an active volcano as their neighbor, from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Italy to the volcanic fields beneath New Zealand’s Auckland. You might wonder what drives communities to ...