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Earth in the Future: Venice and Holland
Provided by: Pennsylvania State University |Published on: July 30, 2021
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Synopsis
- This resource contains a brief article, pictures, and a video that describes the solutions to coastal flooding developed in Venice and Holland.
- The MOSE project is made up of moveable giant barricades to keep floodwaters out of Venice.
- The Netherlands created a comprehensive combination of many different types of flood control systems, designed to survive flood levels that occur every 10,000 years.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Engineering
Authors: Timothy Bralower, David Bice
Region: Europe
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The article is an easy read and contains pictures and infographics.
Additional Prerequisites
- The video is not narrated, so there is no audio.
- The website contains links to articles for similar climate adaptations in other parts of the world at the bottom of the page.
Differentiation
- Social studies and economics classes could discuss the feasibility of designing and building similar structures along every coastline around the world vs. moving communities to higher ground.
- Science classes could use this as an example of an engineered climate adaptation and then connect it with climate mitigation practices that will reduce levels of greenhouse gases.
- Other resources on this topic include The Anthropocene and the Near Future and this interactive Table of Solutions to climate change.
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Resource Type and Format
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