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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 explores Venice's environmental
risks based on interviews with Venetian environmental campaigners
and draws on the mythology of the Venetian Republic. Campaigners'
opinions about the mobile dams nearing completion to protect the
city reveal that Venice now represents an
environmentally-threatened retreat from modernity. This reputation
has been established as sustainable development and climate change
policies have risen to the top of political agendas in many cities
and countries. The book investigates how environmentalism has been
transformed from a theory underpinning counter-cultural movements
to part of a dominant holistic culture in Western societies. Rather
than constraining Venice in search of a mythical harmony with
nature, this book offers a ten-point proposal to modernize the city
while preserving its ancient heritage.
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