Venice Against the Sea: A City Besieged

by John Keahey | Nonfiction |
ISBN: 0312265948 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BooksnBeer of Pasadena, Florida USA on 2/5/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by BooksnBeer from Pasadena, Florida USA on Friday, February 5, 2010
I got this right after I got back from Venice - been wanting to read it since.

I will put this into a BookSwap and that will make me read it. I look forward to it.

Journal Entry 2 by BooksnBeer from Pasadena, Florida USA on Friday, February 5, 2010
Venice is sinking - six feet over the past thousand years.

The reasons for this are many. Although there is a natural geologic tendency for some, humans have exacerbated the problem by exploiting on a massive scale underground water resources for industrial purposes. Coupled with these events- and perhaps most significant - are climatic changes all over the globe. The heating of the atmosphere after the last ice age, dramatically speeded up by humans, has led to a steady, continuing rise in sea level, this global warning is likely to persist beyond human control for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
Venetians, other Italians, and many in the world community are locked in debate over Venice's plight. This book explains how the city and its 177 canals were built and what has led up to this long-foreseen crisis. It explores the various options currently being considered for "solving" this problem and chronicles the ongoing debate amoung scientists, engineeers, and politicians about the pros and cons of each potential solution.
Through extensive research and interviews, award-winning journlist John Keahey has written the definitive book on this fascinating problem. No matter what the experts decide to do, one is for certain: Venice's art, its buildings, and its history are too important to the plant's cultural identity to let the city slip beneath the rising waters of the adriatic.

Journal Entry 3 by wingAzukiwing from Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
It was a long time ago I visited Europe, but I remember Venice as one of my favorite cities. The ambience, the mood, has a veiled beauty around it, I couldn't help falling in love as I sat in the water bus (the poor man's gondola) and let the gentle breeze brushed my hair.

Journal Entry 4 by wingAzukiwing at Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
While the book is not as interesting as I'd like, I did learn a bit about Venice from it. Notably it's intriguing to hear the sentiment: "Venice has been sinking for centuries, you (arrogant Anglo-Saxons) want it fixed in a few months? What's the rush?" Sorry to be stereotypical, but it does sound so Italian. It also prompts discussion on how come London and other cities got their tidal barriers built but the Italians can't? Is preserving Venice the job of the world, or the Italians? Or more specifically, the Venetians. But then there are fewer and fewer Venetians who haven't been fed up with all the floods and moved out. And should Venice be preserved at all? After all, cities come and go.

The book has too much data quoting. It feels like an over-long news article. I'd love to learn more about how the preservation work is done but little is written on it.

This is now passed on to HoserLauren. Great to see you again.

Journal Entry 5 by HoserLauren at Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
I got this book yesterday from Azuki when we met in Toronto with some other Bookcrossers for dinner. It was great to see you and you hubby again! I hope you're back soon! And thank you so much for fulfilling this book on my wishlist!! :)

Journal Entry 6 by HoserLauren at LFL - Newell in Burlington, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, May 17, 2022

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Journal Entry 7 by LFLHunter at Burlington, Ontario Canada on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Found in a Little Free Library on Newell Crescent in Burlington, Ontario. This book sent me down some Google rabbit holes, were the gates completed? The fact Venice had one of the earliest Jewish Ghettos was news to me, and I wanted to learn more about this, but this only got a mention in the book. The politics I found dry at times.

Journal Entry 8 by LFLHunter at LFL - Turner Dr. in Burlington, Ontario Canada on Thursday, June 23, 2022

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