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Southern Iceland: Volcanoes, Tourism and Volcanic Risk Reduction

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Volcanic Tourist Destinations

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Tourists flock to southern Iceland to experience the impressive landscapes surrounding the Hekla, Eyjafjallajökull, Katla and Grímsvötn volcanoes. This chapter describes these volcanic systems and their recent activity. It also provides detail on strategies implemented by government agencies to reduce volcanic risk in this region.

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  1. Risk Frontiers, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia

    Deanne K. Bird

  2. Department of Geography and Tourism, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences and, Earth Science Institute, University of Iceland, 101, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Guðrún Gísladóttir

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Bird, D.K., Gísladóttir, G. (2014). Southern Iceland: Volcanoes, Tourism and Volcanic Risk Reduction. In: Erfurt-Cooper, P. (eds) Volcanic Tourist Destinations. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16191-9_2

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