Venice Shall Rise Again Engineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection

Venice Shall Rise AgainEngineered Uplift of Venice Through Seawater Injection\nAuthor(s): Giuseppe Gambolati, Pietro Teatini\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780124201446, 978-0124201446\nSynopsis\nThe 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 [tel] 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 Repub.