TY  - BOOK
AU  - Standish,Dominic
TI  - Venice in Environmental Peril?: Myth and Reality
SN  - 9780761856658
AV  - DG678.5 
U1  - 945.31945/.31 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Italy
KW  - Venice
KW  - Environnement
KW  - Dégradation
KW  - Italie
KW  - Venise
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Venice (Italy)
KW  - History
KW  - Venise (Italie)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Venice Problem and a Proposed Solution; Part One. VENICE'S MYTHICAL TRADITIONS; Chapter One. Founding Myths of the Venetian Republic; Chapter Two. Cultural Myths; Part Two. FROM CONSERVATIONISM TO ENVIRONMENTALISM; Chapter Three. The Triumph of Conservationism; Chapter Four. Transforming Conservationism into Environmentalism; Part Three. CLAIMS-MAKING ABOUT VENICE'S MOBILE DAMS; Chapter Five. Environmentalists Challenge Venice's Mobile Dams; Chapter Six. Environmental Claims about Venice's Mobile Dams; Chapter Seven. Myths about Venice's Mobile DamsPart Four. MYTHS ABOUT MODERNIZATION; Chapter Eight. Modernization and Environmentalism; Chapter Nine. Modernizing or Sustaining Venice?; Conclusion: The Reconstitution of the Venetian Metaphor; Appendix A. Profiles of Venetian Environmentalists Interviewed; Appendix B. List of Non-Governmental Organizations; Appendix C. List of Abbreviations of Political Parties; Appendix D. Glossary of Terminology; Chronology: Venice and Its Protection; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Venice is perceived to be in peril due to rising sea levels, tourism, and modern development. This book is based on interviews with Venetian environmentalists about Venice & rsquo;s environmental risks, especially regarding the city & rsquo;s anticipated mobile dams. It offers a ten-point proposal to modernize Venice while preserving its ancient heritage
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