Title & Author:

A future for Venice? : considerations 40 years after the 1966 flood / [Papers by Alfredo Bianchini and others].

Publication:

Turin ; New York : Umberto Allemandi, ©2008.

Description:

116 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This book contains the papers presented at the study day entitled 'A Future for Venice? Considerations 40 Years after the 1966 Flood, ' organised by the Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti (Venice, 2 November 2006)"--Title page verso
Statement of responsibility from page 4 of cover.
Translated from the Italian.
"English translation, David Graham"--Title page verso
Presentation / Leopoldo Mazzarolli -- Introduction / Ignazio Musu -- administrative choices and difficulties of the city centre / Gherardo Ortalli -- Physical conservation / Andrea Rinaldo -- restoration of Venetian buildings / Wolfgang Wolters -- Illustrations -- Cardinal Angelo Scola -- Alfredo Bianchini -- Francesco Giavazzi -- Davide Croff -- Luigino Rossi -- Carlo Carraro -- Riccardo Calimani -- Marino Cortese -- Francesco Vallerani -- Pier Francesco Ghetti.

Summary:

"Venice has lost more than half its citizens over the last few decades. What hope is there to save the city as a living community? This book offers a variety of proposals to combat an apparently inexorable decline."--Jacket

Resources:
TOC

ISBN:

8842215317 (paperback)
9788842215318 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning Italy Venice Congresses.
Social prediction Italy Venice Congresses.
Prévision sociale Italie Venise Congrès.
City planning
Ecology
Social prediction
Venice (Italy) Environmental conditions Congresses.
Italy Venice

Form/genre:

Conference papers (document genres)
Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Bianchini, Alfredo.
Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti.

At head of title: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259231
Call No.: HT169.I82 V42 2008
Status: Available