The barriers of Venice

The barriers of Venice

Storm surge barriers can protect against coastal flooding. Observations from the Venice Lagoon in Italy show that the operation of these types of barriers must be carefully tuned to avoid inhibiting sedimentation and compromising marsh resilience to sea-level rise.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature geoscience 2021-12, Vol.14 (12), p.881-882
1. Verfasser: Leonardi, Nicoletta
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Climate change
Coastal flooding
Coastal protection
Coastal zone management
Coasts
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth science
Earth Sciences
Earth System Sciences
Flood damage
Flooding
Floods
Fluid mechanics
Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics/Geodesy
Lagoons
News & Views
news-and-views
Sea level changes
Sea level rise
Sedimentation & deposition
Sediments
Soil erosion
Storm surge barriers
Storm surges
Storms
Tidal waves
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Zusammenfassung:Storm surge barriers can protect against coastal flooding. Observations from the Venice Lagoon in Italy show that the operation of these types of barriers must be carefully tuned to avoid inhibiting sedimentation and compromising marsh resilience to sea-level rise.
ISSN:1752-0894
1752-0908
DOI:10.1038/s41561-021-00864-4