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5.6.3 What Can Be Done About It? The results obtained from the studies summarized suggest that the pumping of groundwater must be regulated. Also, the effects
of filling the lagoon, deepening the channels, and changing the shapes of the inlets
(providing ready access for storm tides) must be studied. Of course, the problem of
removing waste in an economic and sanitary fashion must not be forgotten: the tidal
action flushes the city's polluted canals. The possibility of regulating tidal flow and
blocking storm surges from reaching Venice is being investigated using sluices at the
Lido. Building and maintaining gates that are up to 300 m long and over 15 m high,
and exposed to the sea while anchored in soft sediment, is a great technical challenge.
Not only Venice is threatened by these and similar processes, but many other large
coastal cities such as Bangkok in Thailand and Manila in the Philippines.
Nothing can be done about the general regional sinking. We cannot control such
geologic factors; we must live with them.
Further Reading
Reineck HE, Singh ill (1975) Depositional sedimentary environments. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg
New York
Payton CE (ed) (1977) Seismic stratigraphy - applications to hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Mem
26, Am Assoc Petrol Oeol Tulsa, Okla
Einsele G, Ricken W, Seilacher A (eds) (1991) Cycles and events in stratigraphy. Springer, Berlin
Heidelberg New York
Berg OR, Woolverton DG (eds) (1986) Seismic stratigraphy II - an integrated approach to hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Mem 39, Am Assoc Petrol Geol, Tulsa, Okla
Wilgus CK, Hastings BS, Kendall CG, Posamentier HW, Ross CA, van Wagoner JC (eds) (1988)
Sea level changes: an integrated approach. SEPM Spec Publ 42, Soc Econ Paleontol Mineral,
Tulsa,Okla
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5.6.3 What Can Be Done About It? The results obtained from the studies summarized suggest that the pumping of groundwater must be regulated. Also, the effects
of filling the lagoon, deepening the channels, and changing the shapes of the inlets
(providing ready access for storm tides) must be studied. Of course, the problem of
removing waste in an economic and sanitary fashion must not be forgotten: the tidal
action flushes the city's polluted canals. The possibility of regulating tidal flow and
blocking storm surges from reaching Venice is being investigated using sluices at the
Lido. Building and maintaining gates that are up to 300 m long and over 15 m high,
and exposed to the sea while anchored in soft sediment, is a great technical challenge.
Not only Venice is threatened by these and similar processes, but many other large
coastal cities such as Bangkok in Thailand and Manila in the Philippines.
Nothing can be done about the general regional sinking. We cannot control such
geologic factors; we must live with them.
Further Reading
Reineck HE, Singh ill (1975) Depositional sedimentary environments. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg
New York
Payton CE (ed) (1977) Seismic stratigraphy - applications to hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Mem
26, Am Assoc Petrol Oeol Tulsa, Okla
Einsele G, Ricken W, Seilacher A (eds) (1991) Cycles and events in stratigraphy. Springer, Berlin
Heidelberg New York
Berg OR, Woolverton DG (eds) (1986) Seismic stratigraphy II - an integrated approach to hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Mem 39, Am Assoc Petrol Geol, Tulsa, Okla
Wilgus CK, Hastings BS, Kendall CG, Posamentier HW, Ross CA, van Wagoner JC (eds) (1988)
Sea level changes: an integrated approach. SEPM Spec Publ 42, Soc Econ Paleontol Mineral,
Tulsa,Okla