Venice in Environmental Peril?: Myth and Reality
Venice and its environment are perceived to be in peril due to rising sea levels, tourism, and modern development. Are these threats myths or reality? This book explores Venice's environmental risks based on interviews with Venetian environmental campaigners and draws on the mythology of the Venetian Republic. Campaigners' opinions about the mobile dams nearing completion to protect the city reveal that Venice now represents an environmentally-threatened retreat from modernity. This reputation has been established as sustainable development and climate change policies have risen to the top of political agendas in many cities and countries. The book investigates how environmentalism has been transformed from a theory underpinning counter-cultural movements to part of a dominant holistic culture in Western societies. Rather than constraining Venice in search of a mythical harmony with nature, this book offers a ten-point proposal to modernize the city while preserving its ancient heritage.
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Contents
The Venice Problem and a Proposed Solution
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Part One VENICES MYTHICAL TRADITIONS
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Chapter One Founding Myths of the Venetian Republic
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Chapter Two Cultural Myths
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Part Two FROM CONSERVATIONISM TO ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Chapter Three The Triumph of Conservationism
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Chapter Four Transforming Conservationism into Environmentalism
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Part Three CLAIMSMAKING ABOUT VENICES MOBILE DAMS
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Chapter Eight Modernization and Environmentalism
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Chapter Nine Modernizing or Sustaining Venice?
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The Reconstitution of the Venetian Metaphor
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Appendix A Profiles of Venetian Environmentalists Interviewed
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Appendix B List of NonGovernmental Organizations
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Appendix C List of Abbreviations of Political Parties
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Appendix D Glossary of Terminology
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Venice and Its Protection
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Chapter Five Environmentalists Challenge Venices Mobile Dams
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Chapter Six Environmental Claims about Venices Mobile Dams
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Chapter Seven Myths about Venices Mobile Dams
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Part Four MYTHS ABOUT MODERNIZATION
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