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Venice in Environmental Peril?
Language: en
Pages: 333
Authors: Dominic Standish
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: University Press of America

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Venice and its environment are perceived to be in peril due to rising sea levels, tourism, and modern development. Are these threats myths or reality? This book
Flooding and Environmental Challenges for Venice and Its Lagoon
Language: en
Pages: 742
Authors: C. A. Fletcher
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A technical volume exploring the prospects for decreasing the level of flooding in and around Venice.
Venice Against the Sea
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: John Keahey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-20 - Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

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Venice is sinking - six feet over the past 1,000 years. The reasons for this are many. Although there is a natural geologic tendency for some sinking, humans ha
Veniceland Atlantis
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert L. France
Categories: Venice (Italy)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Libri Publishing Limited

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Defying both tides and time, Venice has always been a heralded symbol for the triumph of humans over nature as well as their own baser natures. Today, however,
Climate in Peril
Language: en
Pages: 60
Authors: Alex Kirby
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

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Climate in Peril: A Popular Guide to the Latest IPCC Reports presents the substance of the Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel o