REPORT:
Living With Volcanoes: The USGS Volcano Hazards Program

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Program Goals and Activities Throughout the 1980's
• Volcano Observatories: Taking the Pulse of Active Volcanoes
• How Scientists Study Volcanoes
• A Volcano's History: Key to Assessment of Hazards
• Hazard-Zone Maps and Volcanic Risk
• The Challenge of Predicting Eruptions
• Predictions, Forecasts, and Factual Statements
• Communicating Research Results and Hazards Information
• Danger in the Stratosphere: Aircraft and Volcanic Plumes
• Meeting the Demands for Global Volcano Hazards Reduction
• Assistance to Developing Countries
• A Volcanic Disaster Averted in the Philippines
• A Look Toward the Future
• Epilog
• Photoglossary of Volcanic Hazards
• References Cited

Tables

• Notable Eruptions of Volcanoes in the United States During the 20th Century
• Facilities and activities of the U.S. Geological Survey Voclano Hazards Program
• Collaborative work with the U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program

Appendixes

• Active and Potentially Active Volcanoes in the United States
• Status of hazard evaluation for volcanoes in the United States
• Tasks for the 1990's and visions for the 21st century
• Participants in the workshop "Volcano Hazards Program Directions for the 1990's"

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