The Venetian retail sector has evolved since World War II. In 2004, students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute have studied this evolution of the stores, revealing at least 4506 shops in Venice of which 856 are now closed. Moreover, many residential stores have since been converted to cater tourists. Reasons for these changes include demographic decline, increase in tourists, and the advent of supermarkets. This year, store data in Castello was collected and a foundation for future conclusions was made.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Aurilio, Laura D.
• Lewis, Heather Jean
• Mattern, Katherine Lynn
• Pinola, Christopher Francis

Subject

• Computing
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122211-215914

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Economic aspects
• Web sites--Design and construction
• Tourism
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Bianchi, Frederick W.
• Carrera, Fabio
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2011

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• City of Venice
• Consortium for Research and Educational Training (COSES)

Date created

• 2011-12-22

Location

• Venice

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved