Balance

10/18/21 • 26 min

Throughout its environmental history, Venice has always struggled to find a balance between the city’s economic needs and the lagoon’s delicate ecosystem. Now that this relationship has been ever more compromised, is it still possible to define a balance for the city to come?

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