
Venice Shall Rise Again
Engineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection
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Description
Key Features
- Provides a history of the technical measures taken by the Venetian Republic to preserve the lagoon and the city or Venice
- Details technical specifications of a new method to secure Venice against periodic flooding
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Venice, Water, Mud
List of Figures
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Brief History of Venice
2.1 Origins
2.2 Growth
2.3 The Glory
2.4 Decline
2.5 The Fall
Chapter 3. The Venetian Lagoon
Chapter 4. Survival of the City
4.1 Measures Taken by the Serenissima
4.2 Land Subsidence, Rise in Sea Level and Acqua Alta
4.3 MoSE: Protection from Acqua Alta
Chapter 5. Anthropogenic Uplift of Venice by Using Seawater
5.1 The Idea’s Origin
5.2 The Complete Project and Pilot Projects for Venice’s Uplift
5.3 Safety and Stability of Venice’s Uplift
5.4 Can Venice Be Raised Economically, in an Environmentally Friendly Way?
Conclusion
References
Product details
- No. of pages: 100
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2013
- Published: October 18, 2013
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780124201484
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780124201446