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Seismic Risk on the Territory of the City of Yerevan, Armenia

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Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 271))

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As determined by both objective and subjective factors, the seismic risk of the territory of Armenia has, at the present time, reached its highest level over the entire historical period.

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Balassanian, S., Manukian, A. (1994). Seismic Risk on the Territory of the City of Yerevan, Armenia. In: Tucker, B.E., Erdik, M., Hwang, C.N. (eds) Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk. NATO ASI Series, vol 271. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8338-1_10

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