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Venice Shall Rise Again: Engineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection
Gambolati, Giuseppe (Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy)
Venice Shall Rise Again: Engineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection
Gambolati, Giuseppe (Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy)
The city of Venice, Italy, has been subjected to periodic flooding, or acqua alta, for centuries. This title describes 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.
100 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 24, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780124201446 |
Publishers | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
Pages | 100 |
Dimensions | 162 × 233 × 12 mm · 303 g |