Monica+Ellie Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have to got to research why living near a volcano can be a good thing, i have picked Lanzorote. Does anyone know what the name of Lanzorote's volcano is and if they've been there; what positives does the volcano add to the island? Please help, Thank You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 This will get you started. http://www.iknow-canaryislands.co.uk/tourist_information/lanzarote_holidays/timanfaya_lanzarote.htm I loved it. Tourism for a start. Probably provides heating or hot water, I'm sure they must tap into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 At the risk of sounding flippant, Google with the key words "volcanoes" and "advantages" gives a pretty good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickric Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 type "benefits of living near a volcano" into google, lots of results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Some beneift of living near a volcano - attracts tourists so tourism income increases - fertile soils - certain minerals etc come from around them - beautiful scenery - can usually, and volcanologists are getting better at, predicting when they will errupt, thus it's fairly safe - heat in the ground? (Can't remember proper name for it) Can't be specific to the lanzarote volcano, as have no idea about that! I knew doing a geography degree at uni would be useful I love volcanoes (and now I sound sad ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica+Ellie Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Thank You everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 If you look at the end of this page http://www.lanzaroteguidebook.com/holiday-articles/lanzarote-living-under-the-volcano It tells you why the type of volcano on Lanzarote is very low risk of erupting without warning. Obviously this makes a huge difference for tourism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I do live near a volcano . Several of them in fact with NZ being firmly on the ring of fire. Tarawera is our nearest volcano, it last erupted in 1886, and caused massive changes to the landscape in this area. Benefits . I think most of them have been covered already, but: * Fertile soils * geothermal power. Lots of older homes in this area have free geothermal heating and we have a large geothermal power station at Ohaaki that serves a substantial part of NZs N. Island * preserving history. All that lava preserves ruins perfectly & I've seen some of the excavations at the Buried Village near Tarawera...amazing what they have been able to unearth, & I believe Pompeii to be far more impressive. *changes to the lanscape. this is Waimangu volcanic valley near Rotorua, one of many similar tourist attractions, but they give a quite nice blurb about how the eruption caused changes to the landscape creating the geothermal region. *tourism Volcano (& earthquake) monitoring is pretty advanced these days. GeoNet is a NZ site, so not much help for Lanzarote research I'm afraid, but it gives some indication of the monitoring that goes on. NZ's most active volcano is Mount Ruapehu...which coincidentally is also where North Islands ski fields are...an interesting combination in my mind at least given the volcano's frequent little outbursts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 The main volcano on Lanzarote is called Mount Timanfaya. It is a truly spectacular place, particularly if you cycle up it! Other advantages Unique wildlife Ultimately extremely fertile soil because of high mineral content from ejected volcanic material. Fantastic tourism opportunities Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
