The rapid onset and large magnitude of the 2010 eruption of Merapi posed significant
challenges for evacuations and resulted in a peak number of almost 400,000 Internally …

A plinian-style eruption with a radially spreading umbrella cloud occurred on February 13,
2014, at Kelud volcano, Indonesia. We present the sequence of this plinian event based on …

The densely populated and persistently active volcano of Semeru in East Java, Indonesia,
hosts communities able to adjust to, compensate for, and tolerate continuous exposure to …

A forensic analysis of fatalities and displacements from recent volcanic eruptions (1986–
2015) provides insights into factors that influence actions to protect life in high-risk …

Rapid coastal change is common in the Asia-Pacific region yet an understanding of its
causes, recurrence times, and impacts is not always clear through the use of conventional …

Abstract Kelut volcano, East Java, is an active volcanic complex hosting a summit crater lake
that has been the source of some of Indonesia's most destructive lahars. In November 2007 …

An adaptive governance system strives to enhance the capacity of institutions to better
coordinate relief operations, public awareness and risk reduction policy in case of natural or …

This paper presents the application of Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) to assessing
the vulnerability-resilience of at-risk communities alongside of the river channels on Kelud …

In this paper we investigate the question not of how, but why people actively choose to live
with continued exposure to considerable hazard. A field survey of the human–volcano …

It is widely recognised that natural disasters emerge in the interplay between extreme
geophysical events and the human communities affected by them. Whilst detailed natural …