Education and information as a tool for risk mitigation: the Osservatorio Vesuviano INGV experience in Neapolitan area

Abstract

The natural risks assessment have the further step in researching how to mitigate these risks, give to education and outreach activities an important and peculiar role. Volcanoes are one of the people favourite scientific issue, and the request of information about them directed to researches involved in volcano studies, are particularly frequent and pressing in active volcanic areas. Education and information programs play an important role among the natural risk mitigation measures. A long-term effort in educational programs is essential to convey simple, clear and complete information able to contribute to a better understanding of peculiar territory features and the related hazard and risk.