Japan (Mount Ontake) - LIVING WITH VOLCANOES

• there are over 100 active volcanoes in Japan
• there have been over 1000 eruptions in the last 2000 years
• mount ontake

  • strato volcano
  • often snow covered
  • tourist attraction
  • spiritual
• social impacts

  • 63 deaths
  • homes destroyed
  • cultural pilgrimage
• economic impacts

  • buildings collapsed
  • increased tourism
  • ash could affect jet engines so airports closed
• environmental impacts

  • covered in ash, pyroclastic flow and lahars
  • farmland destroyed
• political impacts

  • japanese prime minister arranged assisstance
  • lawsuits were made due to lack of warning