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Author:
Gambolati, G. (Giuseppe)
Title:
Venice shall rise again : engineered uplift of Venice through seawater injection / Giuseppe Gambolati and Pietro Teatini.
Publisher:
Elsevier,
Copyright Date:
c2014
Description:
xvi, 83 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Subsidences (Earth movements)--Venice.--Venice.
Hydraulic engineering--Venice.--Venice.
Water table--Venice.--Venice.
Venice (Italy)--Description and travel.
Venice, Lagoon of (Italy)
Venice (Italy)--Environmental conditions.
Other Authors:
Teatini, Pietro, author.
Notes:
"This book has been manufactured using Print on Demand technology. Each copy is produced to order and is limited to black ink. The online version of this book will show color figures where appropriate"--Title page verso. "A version of this book was published in 2013 on CD-ROM by the EnviroComp Institute"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83).
Summary:
Venice is a miracle of beauty. Her beauty may mark your soul forever, if only you can scratch, for a moment, through the veneer of mass tourism which is both her lifeblood and her punishment. This title explores attempts to engineer the uplift of Venice through seawater injection.
Series:
Elsevier insights
ISBN:
012420144X (hbk.)
9780124201446 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)870892391
LCCN:
2013951679
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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