Re:Venice Anti-Flood Gates Could Wreck Lagoon Ecosystem
by IshKebab on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:37AM
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Probably an insane amount. You would have to reinforce the buildings internally so they could withstand the additional forces. Might be cheaper to build a new Venice.
Re:Venice Anti-Flood Gates Could Wreck Lagoon Ecosystem
by starbeast on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:27AM
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If sea level rise does ever seriously get out of hand, that is my prediction for parts of Tokyo and New York. I strongly suspect that some coastal cities would rather float than move.
Re:Venice Anti-Flood Gates Could Wreck Lagoon Ecosystem
by girvo on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:35AM
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New York 2140 is an interesting book examining what might happen to those coastal "drowned" cities, especially those buildings caught in the new intertidal zones.
Re:Venice Anti-Flood Gates Could Wreck Lagoon Ecosystem
by starbeast on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:02AM
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That looks interesting, I might grab a copy when I have made a dent in my current pile.
Some architects are already proposing to build floating apartments off the piers in Manhattan - https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/09/pier-40-manhattan-new-york...
Re:Venice Anti-Flood Gates Could Wreck Lagoon Ecosystem
by girvo on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:39AM
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One kind of nice/kind of weird part of it, is that it's mostly interconnected slices-of-life without a huge overarching plot (though that's not entirely true, either) -- that has made it quite good as a pick-up-put-down book: handy, considering it's length!
It will take time and money, but they are already talking about spending big bucks anyway.