Aperta e complessa : Per una Venezia climateproof

The Metropolitan City of Venice is a fragile, amphibi- ous territory. Over the centuries Venice has operated in its land opening and closing canals and waterways for the safety and economy of the lagoon area. It has acted on buildings and urban fabric to adapt to en- vironmental pressures. In the second modernity hu- man work has underestimated this elements, and has crystallized a system that is still difficult to maintain today. Some paths, undertaken to give the lagoon province an important economy, have left heavy trac- es on the shape and relationships of this territory. The metropolitan city of Venice is facing a series of challenges that will inevitably orient its political, phys- ical and social form. Reasoning about the future evo- lution of the territory of the lagoon of Venice means to deal with climatic impacts on this fragile land. In particular, this contribution will discuss how climate change is calling into question many aspects of this amphibious land, and how this challenge may repre- sent its collapse or rebirth, depending on what cur- rent decision makers will decide and plan, proposing a possible way for the adaptation.