Venice Shall Rise Again: Engineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection (Elsevier Insights) - Hardcover

Gambolati, Giuseppe; Teatini, Pietro

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012420144X ISBN 13: 9780124201446

Verlag: Elsevier, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

The city of Venice, Italy, has been subjected to periodic flooding, or acqua alta, for centuries. Venice Shall Rise Again presents a unique proposition to halt this flooding. Based on years of work and experiment, experts Gambolati and Teatini describe an innovative yet technologically simple, economically inexpensive, and environmentally friendly project to raise Venice by 25-30 cm over ten years by injecting seawater into 650-1000 m deep geological formations. This project would be conducted under conditions of absolute safety, stability and integrity conserving the unique artistic and architectural patrimony of this deeply beloved city. Beginning with a brief history of the Venetian Republic, Venice Shall Rise Again addresses the actions undertaken by Venice to protect the city and the lagoon from the sea and land attack for more than a millennium, including the MoSE project, a system of mobile barriers presently under construction. Detailed in its engineering details and ideas, but with enough background information and context to help the interested reader understand the concepts, this book will be of interest to all readers concerned about the fate of Venice.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elsevier
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 012420144X
• ISBN 13: 9780124201446
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 100
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