1 1 2 Version of January 28 2014 3 4 Volcanic hazard vulnerability on São Miguel Island, Azores 5 6 Wallenstein, Nicolau 7 Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos Geológicos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Mãe de 8 Deus, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. E-mail:
[email protected] 9 10 11 *Chester, David 12 School of Environmental Sciences (Geography), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, U.K. 13 E-mail:
[email protected] 14 15 Coutinho, Rui 16 Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos Geológicos, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Mãe de 17 Deus, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. E-mail:
[email protected] 18 19 Duncan, Angus 20 Research Institute for Applied Natural Sciences, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, 21 LU1 3JU. E-mail:
[email protected] 22 23 Dibben, Christopher 24 School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, UK: E-mail: 25
[email protected] 26 27 28 *Corresponding author (e-mail:
[email protected]) 29 30 Number of Words 6619 31 Number of References 93 32 Number of Table 4 33 Number of Figures 6 34 35 Abbreviated title: Hazard vulnerability 36 37 Abstract 38 39 In recent years much progress has been made in researching a wide variety of extreme events on 40 São Miguel. In addition there are a number of volcano-related risks which impact upon the people 41 of São Miguel. Some of these may occur both before and during volcanic emergencies (e.g.