Rethinking Livability in Venice: Addressing Overtourism through Island-Level Indicators

The primary objective of our project is to analyze the livability of the Historic City of Venice through the development of quantitative models on seven indicators.

Ongoing Mission

To gather nearly 40 years of research collected by past VPC project groups and organize them on an island level.

Objectives

Gathered quantitative data from city data on the population, boat stops, and housing prices, as well as prior Venice Project Center projects on capacity, bridge accessibility, docks, shops, and green space, and organized the data by island.
Developed quantitative models on a scale of 0-10 on the following indicators:
- Affordability
- Resident Services
- Tourism
- User Density
- Accessibility
- Reachability
- Green Space

To achieve these goals, we have gathered data from a variety of external sources, including the City of Venice website, past IQP teams, and webscraping Immobiliare.it.

Abstract

With the surge of tourists continuing to pour into the Historic City of Venice year after year, it is vital to evaluate the livability of the Venetian Islands. To determine this, we have synthesized seven quantifiable indicators, including affordability, resident services, green space, tourism, user density, accessibility, and reachability. This ultimately allowed us to develop a variety of graphs to determine the livability of all islands within the Historic City of Venice, update Venipedia pages on the Inner City Islands, Major Lagoon Islands, and Minor Lagoon Islands, and to develop a website with a quiz to determine the island that is most livable for an individual. Through the analysis of our indicators, we determined that Venice is a city of balances. There is no singular island that can be considered the most livable, as the livability of an island is determined by the personal needs of the individual, which vary for everyone based on their particular circumstances.

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