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The study of the Venice lagoon coastal system requires a multidisciplinary approach. Planning practice, protection and design, at different scales, therefore need constant interchange, to compare and evaluate the various issues and operational choices made by each party.
In this sense our research strives to investigate the different scenarios produced by the interaction of tidal management, complex governmental framework, and the actions of several actors and stakeholders operating within the Lagoon ecosystems.
The focus went to the implications and the possible relations between landscape design, tourism development and environmental compatibility of the Venice Lagoon coastal areas, considered a continuity of the Veneto Region’s coastal system and as an interface between the Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea.
Landscape design, that complies with recently recognized European and national statutes, seems to be a suited instrument to tackle the complex scenarios analysed herein.
The expected results point to the identification of large-scale transformations scenario that arise from the application of planning tools and land protection elaborated at various administrative levels, and the design of landscape restoration's hypotheses, localized around tidal management.
The present research is part of the M.A.V. (Venice Water Authority) study program developed through the CO.RI.LA (Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System) entitled “The Venice Lagoon under the climate change framework, with respect to actions of mitigation and adaptation, and to territorial practices evolution”, line of inquiry n° 7, “Planning and restoration of the areas facing the Venice Lagoon inlets concerned by the tide regulation interventions”.