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245			_aFlooding and environmental challenges for Venice and its Lagoon _bstate of knowledge _cedited by C. A. Fletcher and T. Spencer
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2005
300			_axxv, 691 pages _bill. _c25 cm.
336			_2rdamedia _atxt
337			_2unmediated _ardamedia _bn
338			_2volume _ardacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes references and an index
505			_aPart I. Introduction; Part II. Geological and Environmental Context; Part III. Urban Flooding and the Urban System; Part IV. Large-scale Engineering Solutions to Storm Surge Flooding; Part V. The Venice Lagoon; Part VI. The Venice Lagoon; Part VII. Venice and It's Lagoon; Part VIII. Appendices.
520			_a"Time may be running out for Venice. With rising average water levels, the frequency of city flooding is increasing and the threat of a repeat of the November 1966 events, when a violent storm surge took water levels nearly two metres higher than usual, remains. Surrounding the city is a severely degraded lagoon ecosystem. This timely scientific and technical volume synthesises the great wealth and diversity of recent interdisciplinary research on Venice and its Lagoon and the prospects for large engineering interventions to separate the lagoon and sea, as well as other measures in the built environment, discussed at an International Conference, held at Churchill College, Cambridge, in September 2003. The lessons and inferences reported here show how Venice, with its mix of challenges to protect its prestigious cultural heritage within one of the largest coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean, and against a background of pressures brought about by industry, port activities and tourism, share many issues with other areas threatened by coastal flooding, including areas of the Netherlands, the USA and the cities of London and St Petersburg."
650			_aFloods _zItaly _zVenice
650			_aFloods _z(Italy-Venice), Lagoon of.
650			_aEnvironmental protection _zItaly _zVenice
651			_aVenice(Italy) _xThreat of destruction
700			_aFletcher, C. A. _eeditor _eCambridge Coastal Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
700			_aSpencer, T. _eeditor _eCambridge Coastal Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
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