LAND SUBSIDENCE IN THE VENETIAN REGION, ITALY ANALYSIS OF ITS MULTIPLE ASPECTS FOCUS ON RECENT INVESTIGATION

A short review is given of the three major factors responsible for the about 23 cm of relative land subsidence occurred in the Venice area over the XX century. Further developments of study have been addressed outside the Lagoon and to the entire Region improving the knowledge of the complex subsidence process which still today affects wider areas, and to the monitoring techniques.