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Sustainable Venice: Suggestions for the Future

Sustainable Venice: Suggestions for the Future

Hardcover

Series: Economics, Energy and Environment, Book 16

EconomicsEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0792364589
ISBN13: 9780792364580
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jan 31 2001
Pages: 271
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.85 Width: 7.04 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
It is universally recognised that Venice and its lagoon are of such value that they constitute an international public good that must be preserved for humanity as a whole. But such an ambitious task requires a diversified, sustainable set of economic activities, mostly focused on the production of services and non-material goods. This complex issue is analyzed using different approaches, with a discussion of the case of Venice as an example of some of the most relevant problems concerning the relation between the environment and development in the contemporary world: the trade-off between preserving an ecosystem and considering it as an economic resource; the evolution of different urban growth scenarios and the preservation of a physical habitat; the role of immaterial production in urban economic development; the nature of tourism as a sustainable activity, considered from both from the environmental and cultural angles; the institutional aspect of governing a process of sustainable urban development.
Readership: A unique resource for environmental and urban managers, policy analysts, students of sustainable development, and anyone else interested in the social and economic implications of preserving one of the most loved and celebrated cities in the world.

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