La lunga storia dell'idrovia Padova - Venezia

Proto, Matteo (2009) La lunga storia dell'idrovia Padova - Venezia, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Storia d'Europa: identità collettive, cittadinanza e territorio (Età moderna e contemporanea), 21 Ciclo.
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Abstract

The present dissertation focuses on an unfinished project for the construction of an inland waterway between Padua and Venice, in northern Italy. The history of this channel is analysed in the context of the general debate for the development of a waterway network in the Padanian plain. The project of reconstructing and enlarging the existing ancient channels for the development of a modern river transport system was born at the beginning of the 20th century as an attempt to withstand the railway’s concurrency. The main project aimed at transforming the Po river and other small rivers and channels in a big waterway for the connection of the most important northern industrial cities with Venice’s harbour and the Adriatic sea. Even if the idea of restoring the historical channel between Padua and Venice arose at the end of the First World War, it was only during the years 50s that a new project was conceived and the waterway was included in a global project for the construction of a whole new channel from Venice to Milan. The new project, strongly supported by the local Christian Democratic Party, was managed for more than twenty years causing a huge expenditure of money. After a great investment by both the central State and the local bodies (more than 100 millions euro) the project was finally abandoned. This research reconstructs the historical process and the economical motivations that sustained that project until its failure. Moreover, with the aim of understanding the reasons and the differences of such a failure, the history of inland waterway transport in Italy is compared with contemporary developments in Germany.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Proto, Matteo
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze umanistiche
Ciclo
21
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Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
geografia storica, paesaggi fluviali, storia dei trasporti
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Data di discussione
14 Maggio 2009
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