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Articles | Volume 21, issue 8
Articles | Volume 21, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2633-2021
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 8
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Venice flooding and sea level: past evolution, present issues, and future projections (introduction to the special issue)

Piero Lionello, Robert J. Nicholls, Georg Umgiesser, and Davide Zanchettin

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Venice is an iconic place, and a paradigm of huge historical and cultural value is at risk. The threat posed by floods has dramatically increased in recent decades and is expected to continue to grow – and even accelerate – through this century. There is a need to better understand the future evolution of the relative sea level and its extremes and to develop adaptive planning strategies appropriate for present uncertainty, which might not be substantially reduced in the near future.
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