Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction – dangerous neighbors: volcanoes near cities
- 1 Too many people and too many volcanoes – Naples, Italy
- 2 A full menu of volcanic hazards – Mexico City
- 3 “Like dangerous, yet undeniably beautiful women” – Guagua Pichincha and Cotopaxi volcanoes near Quito, Ecuador
- 4 Dangerous neighbors, but some bring gifts – Manila megacity, Philippines
- 5 “It’s part of the culture. Live with it!” – cities in Japan
- 6 Volcanic and proud of it – Auckland, New Zealand
- 7 Coffee, software, aircraft, and volcanic mudflows – Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland, USA
- 8 A tale of two cities – Akrotiri (island of Santorini, Greece) and Plymouth (island of Montserrat, Caribbean)
- 9 The dangerous neighbor is restless – how should a city respond?
- Recommendations for further reading
- Acknowledgements
- Index
6 - Volcanic and proud of it – Auckland, New Zealand
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction – dangerous neighbors: volcanoes near cities
- 1 Too many people and too many volcanoes – Naples, Italy
- 2 A full menu of volcanic hazards – Mexico City
- 3 “Like dangerous, yet undeniably beautiful women” – Guagua Pichincha and Cotopaxi volcanoes near Quito, Ecuador
- 4 Dangerous neighbors, but some bring gifts – Manila megacity, Philippines
- 5 “It’s part of the culture. Live with it!” – cities in Japan
- 6 Volcanic and proud of it – Auckland, New Zealand
- 7 Coffee, software, aircraft, and volcanic mudflows – Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland, USA
- 8 A tale of two cities – Akrotiri (island of Santorini, Greece) and Plymouth (island of Montserrat, Caribbean)
- 9 The dangerous neighbor is restless – how should a city respond?
- Recommendations for further reading
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Summary
New Zealand has a lot in common geologically with Japan and the Philippines. This geologically dynamic country has rolling green hills and young volcanoes on the North Island and major faults, earthquake risk, and alpine mountains on the South Island. Chains of volcanoes cross the North Island and continue on for thousands of miles into the Pacific, through the Kermadec Islands, Tonga, and Samoa. Cultural links are as strong as geological links within New Zealand’s diverse population. The Maori people in New Zealand arrived there from Polynesia perhaps a thousand years ago and may have witnessed the latest eruption in the Auckland volcanic field.
There are many dangerous neighbors on the North Island, but most are located in remote areas with nearby small towns. Several of the most recently active (Tongariro erupted in 2012 and Ruapehu in 2007) are within a national park. A long line of large, young volcanoes, including calderas, makes up the Taupo volcanic zone, which continues off the northern shore into the Pacific Ocean. The Taupo volcanic zone volcanoes are certainly threatening neighbors, but they also have proven to be beneficial sites for the geothermal energy plants that generate 20% of the electricity for the North Island.
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- Dangerous Neighbors: Volcanoes and Cities , pp. 113 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013