Author(s)

M. Bagliani, E. Da Villa, M. Gattolin, V. Niccolucci, T. Patterson & E. Tiezzi

Abstract

The Province of Venice (Italy) is one of the most beautiful and complex humanenvironmental systems in the world. The principal aspects of this environmental study are: i) the presence of a lagoon, which is a particularly productive and fragile ecosystem ii) a high consumption of energy and material resources due to the high urbanization and population density iii) the importance and the impact of the great number of tourists who every day visit historical

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