Chapter Water, heritage, city: urbanized deltas on the line between nature and culture

Deltas are extremely rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, but also vulnerable. Along coasts and waterfronts, rivers, irrigation/drainage canals, which shape the land-water transition, a plurality of values, demands, and issues emerge in an often-conflictual way.A recurring conflict is th...

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Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
Series:Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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