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America’s Changing Coasts - Private Rights and Public Trust

Author
Whitelaw D.M., Visgilio G.R.
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-093174)
Publisher | Place of publication
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Cheltenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
978-1-84542-080-2
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Coastal zone management Land-use planning
Abstract

This volume provides detailed discussion of important legal, ecological and social issues associated with coastal resource management, as well as the most significant challenges confronting land use planners and resource managers in coastal communities. Using an interdisciplinary approach to perplexing questions surrounding the issue of development versus protection, the volume presents a broad approach to coastal issues involving private rights and public trust.