National report of Cyprus for the workshop on Vulnerability, loss and risk assessment : Trieste, December 10-15, 1990 / by G. Constantinou...[et al.]. - Nicosia: [Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Republic of Cyprus, 1991. - 13 p. : tables, maps ; 30 cm. - UNDP-OPS-UNDRO Cooperative project for seismic risk reduction in the Mediterranean Region (Seismed) .

The part of Nicosia within the walls was chosen as the pilot area because of a great variety in the type of the existing buildings and its importance for Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. In the area examined there are 3,700 buildings of an estimated value of �180,745,000 and a population of 35,000 people


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