Spatialising the interactions between people, animals, volcanic hazard and local perceptions & responses in Mexico ..

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Spatialising the interactions between people, animals, volcanic hazard and local perceptions and responses in Mexico - are there context-specific differences between urban and rural sites at risk from Popocatepetl volcano? This research will assess the context-specific, spatial impacts that animals and animal-keepingexert upon people's perceptions of, and responses to, continuous volcanic hazards. A comparisonwill be made between urban and rural sites at risk from Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico.Semi-structured group interviews, participatory hazard mapping, and a georeferenced householdsurvey will be used to ask questions about animals, animal-keeping, chronic volcanic hazardimpacts and risk perceptions.Multivariate spatial analysis of household survey and participatory hazard mapping data, alongsidephysical hazard and census socioeconomic data, will be used to identify key spatial relationshipsrelated to the 'animal factor', that may be utilised to target local volcanic risk reduction approachesfor the future. Local knowledges about hazards will be disseminated back to observatoryinstitutions, to further the scientific understanding of continuous volcanic hazard impacts. Resultswill also be disseminated back to studied communities via education initiatives, to enable contextrelevantrisk reduction.