Land, lava, and disaster create a social dilemma after the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano.

Houghton, Bruce F; Cockshell, Wendy A; Gregg, Chris E; Walker, Brett H; Kim, Karl; Tisdale, Caroline M; Yamashita, Eric · Nat Commun · 2021

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Abstract

The unprecedented cost of the 2018 eruption in Hawai’i reflects an intersection of disparate physical and social phenomena: widely spaced, highly destructive eruptions, and atypically high population growth. These were linked and the former indirectly drove the latter with unavoidable consequences.