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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2505-2023
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Research article
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14 Jul 2023
Research article |
| 14 Jul 2023
| 14 Jul 2023
Criteria-based visualization design for hazard maps
Max Schneider
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Section 2.6: Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Fabrice Cotton
Section 2.6: Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Pia-Johanna Schweizer
Research Institute for Sustainability, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Debris flow disaster information representation and perception based on knowledge graphs and virtual geographic environments Z. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-53102-5
- Invited perspectives: Four reasons DRR does not work as intended – lessons from the 2025 California wildfires and beyond S. Fuchs et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1785-2026
- Designing understandable, action-oriented, and well-perceived earthquake risk maps—The Swiss case study I. Dallo et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1306104
- Meet the people where they are: Assessing user needs for aftershock forecast products in El Salvador, Mexico and the United States M. Schneider et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105450
- Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Armenia Using an Integrated Seismotectonic Framework M. Gevorgyan et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards7020047
- A Comprehensive Inventory and Review of Color in Meteorological Graphics Z. Rosen et al. https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2026.1413
- Advanced intensity measures for urban seismic-risk mapping: Evidence from a Megacity A. Rodríguez-Castellanos et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105791
- The communication strategy for the release of the first European Seismic Risk Model and the updated European Seismic Hazard Model I. Dallo et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-291-2024
- Analysing agricultural distress in the eastern plateau of West Bengal's Rarh Region: integrating hybrid deep ensemble and GIS-based soft computing G. Chowdhury & A. Saha https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-025-07244-2
- Assessing Perceptions and Interpretations of Tsunami Maps: Insights from the Public and Risk Experts T. Vera San Martín et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16233423
- Computational Modelling of Lithospheric Seismicity for Lithosphere Literacy: A Rapid Systematic Review and Evaluative Framework R. Zulva et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.186541.1
- HOTSED: A new integrated model for assessing potential hotspots of sediment sources and related sediment dynamics at watershed scale M. La Licata et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2024.06.002
- Insights into ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning Alert Delivery by the MyShake Platform from Rapid Post-Event Analyses S. Marcou et al. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220250037
- A probabilistic oil spill risk assessment framework for the northwestern Pacific marginal seas: application to the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula H. Jeong et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1817981
- Changing your perspective: the impact of different visualisation methods on seismic hazard maps Y. Yin et al. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2023-0123
- Testing forecast visualization designs for improving agricultural decision support products A. Joshi et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5aba
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Short summary
Hazard maps are fundamental to earthquake risk reduction, but research is missing on how to design them. We review the visualization literature to identify evidence-based criteria for color and classification schemes for hazard maps. We implement these for the German seismic hazard map, focusing on communicating four properties of seismic hazard. Our evaluation finds that the redesigned map successfully communicates seismic hazard in Germany, improving on the baseline map for two key properties.
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