To identify areas of the world that are at greater risk of multihazard total economic loss.

To provide insight into the frequency and distribution of multihazard events.

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global volcano hazard.

To identify areas of the world at multihazard mortality risk and to gain insight into the nature of this risk posed.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global volcano hazard.

To identify areas of the world that are at greater risk of multihazard proportional economic loss.

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global volcano hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global volcano mortality risks and distribution.