The Lagoon
The Lagoon:
Flooding is becoming a great problem in the city. Water is taken from a rock that holds water beneath the city anf this is causing the lagoon bed to sink. Global warming is leading to an overall rise in sea levels, and there are more severe storms and todal surges. Part of the main lagoon has had a deep channel dredged, which allows large ships to acess the industrial port area. The building of concrete has no open land to absorb any water so the city continues to flood. In 2001 St Marks Square flooded more that 9 times.
(picture at the top)
Flooding is becoming a great problem in the city. Water is taken from a rock that holds water beneath the city anf this is causing the lagoon bed to sink. Global warming is leading to an overall rise in sea levels, and there are more severe storms and todal surges. Part of the main lagoon has had a deep channel dredged, which allows large ships to acess the industrial port area. The building of concrete has no open land to absorb any water so the city continues to flood. In 2001 St Marks Square flooded more that 9 times.
(picture at the top)