Sinking City of Italy - Venice Summative Case Study Mind Map
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Rapid Sinking of Venice , Anthroposphere
Almost knee level Water on supposed side walks
Human Activity
Flying into Venice and public transportation = air pollution of fossil fuels, water activities (boat ride) = water pollution and producing waste in general
Overtoruism, the more tourist = government build more hotels and amenities for the tourist to stay at or turn resident homes to rentals for tourists
Overtourism, mass amounts of tourists every year produce a huge percentage of waste, air pollution and water pollution
Climate Change
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Plate Tectonics
Venice Sits on
Sinking Ground
Venice is built on many wood piles (they look like giant wooden skewers) and the skewers go into two different layers of clay under the water.
the building are compressing the many layers of clay, slit and mud, therefore causing natural sinking.
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