Saving Venice: Engineering and ecology in the Venice lagoon

Technology in Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a   Shaffer, Lisa R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagoon; Sediment management; SIOSED; Sustainability; Venice

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEDIMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; LAGOON ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 33847366708     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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