Why did anyone ever build a place in those conditions anyway?
2006-10-10 06:51:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Italy ➔ Venice
Yes Venice could disappear unless dams or other barriers were built. I guess wasn't seen as a problem when it was built and location was the good trade and defence.
2006-10-10 06:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Robert A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the city will probably disappear in 100 years if sea levels continue to rise. But it's not entirely the ocean's fault.
It was built in its current location because several hundred years ago, Venice actually sat higher up on land. Completely aside from the sea-level issue--the land the city sits on is slowly sinking. If you look at some of the older buildings there now, what is now underwater was once the ground level, etc. The first citizens were more concerned with its location as a trade and commercial center than its sea level, I suppose.
2006-10-11 11:42:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anne-Arky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hasn't Venice been battling this problem for centuries anyway. Mostly the buildings there are several stories tall, and many of the lowest levels are underwater already. I reckon Venice will cope better than the likes of London where they aren't expecting it. In Venice they'll just move up a floor and carry on as before.
2006-10-10 11:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, unfortunately. If the whole polar ice cap melted, even some of the major cities in the world would be completely submerged like London and New York.
Its horrible to think of all the wonderful places that could be lost, so start doing something about it! Fill your car up with BioDiesel, recycle, turn off electrical appliances and just BE GREEN!
2006-10-10 07:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice is slowly sinking and may be long gone before the oceans rise.
2006-10-10 06:59:20 · answer #5 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice sinks 2cm every year. No body lives on the 1st floor any more, because it already under water.
2006-10-12 19:31:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will, along with thousands of other sea side cities and villages. It is a long way off but it will come. Trust me and the Discover channel
2006-10-10 06:57:46 · answer #7 · answered by J K M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice and thousands of other places.
2006-10-10 07:01:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but the bottom of Venice might.
2006-10-10 06:59:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it would sink, shame Venice isn't in France
2006-10-10 06:59:12 · answer #10 · answered by The one 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋