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Today, the world is fretting over Venice’s soaked and damaged urbs, but it has largely failed to recognise the extent to which the Venetian civitas is in decline. (Reuters/Manuel Silvestri)
CARLO RATTI

Build an active citizenry to reverse the death of Venice

The politicians pushed mass tourism at the cost of human capital, so the historic (depopulated) city wasn’t prepared for the extreme tides

  • Carlo Ratti
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