This project, sponsored by Professor Dario Bertocchi, researched the infrastructure of the historic city of Venice to create a well-defensible upper limit for the number of tourists the city can safely accommodate. All exits out of the city, as well as internal bottlenecks, were identified using graph theory and isochrone walking distances, and were evaluated using a European stadium evacuation standard to establish a range for the limit of tourists based on expected crowding level during a city-wide evacuation, with the upper end being where panic and stampedes are all but guaranteed. Based on this range, a recommended feasible upper limit was proposed, along with recommendations on how to implement it.

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Creator

• Sanneman, Luke
• Olson, Nicolas
• Kuhn, Keegan
• Castelli, Sofia

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Health
• Security
• Culture
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-062024-123347
• 123014

关键词

• Carrying capacity
• Population
• Maximum occupancy
• Overtourism
• Safety
• Evacuation

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• Servatius, Brigitte

Year

• 2024

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Professor Dario Bertocchi
• SerenDPT

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2024-06-20

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-062024-123347

Rights statement

• In Copyright

最新修改

• 2024-09-20