Well the idea is not exactly new, this is a 2005 article: https://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2005/11_Novembre/21/venice.shtml https://www.corriere.it/eng

Well the idea is not exactly new, this is a 2005 article: https://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2005/11_Novembre/21/venice.shtml https://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2005/11_Novembre/21... Teatini and Gambolati are not "obscure academics", they are well known, see also this: https://reservoir-prima.org/partners/view/2 https://reservoir-prima.org/partners/view/2 but their theoretical models seem to have not been tested much in practice (AFAIK), BTW they even published a book in 2014 "Venice shall rise again": https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780124201446/venice-shall-rise-again https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780124201446/venice-shal...