ATTENTION: this version is no longer updated (since 2006)!The Lagoon Atlas was first created as a printed volume with 103 thematic maps and associated explanations grouped in five sections: Geosphere, Biosphere, Anthroposphere, Protected Environments and Integrated Analysis. It has been created in order to collect and organise data and information produced by research bodies and institutes from across the City of Venice, each of which is specialised in a particular field and, as a consequence, has only a partial vision of the Lagoon environment. The Venice Lagoon is, in fact, a complex ecosystem and therefore its study and representation need a systemic and integrated approach. Through the Atlas, the Lagoon Nature Observatory has worked to report this thematic knowledge through a single tool which allows a multisectorial and horizontal reading of the Lagoon and, at the same time, can be easily employed by different users: city offices and departments, scientific institutions, and, above all, citizens. Publishing the Atlas on line is therefore the natural evolution of a path that aims to make this tool accessible to an ever-increasing number of users, with a view to starting a dialogue and an information dissemination process which is capable of making citizens aware of protecting the Lagoon and its ecosystems. In Febbruary 2011, the Lagoon Nature Observatory published the new portal “Atlas of the lagoon”, which represents the evolution of the Atlas of the Lagoon project. The portal is available only in Italian language (see also the chapter "The future of the Atlas in the Lagoon Information System (LIS) and its application" ) |
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