America's Changing Coasts
Subtitle: Private Rights And Public Trust (Advances in Ecological Economics)
Contributors: Diana M. Whitelaw (Editor); Gerald R. Visgilio (Editor)
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: July 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781845420802
Subjects: Applied ecology; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Economics - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; USA; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Real Estate - General; Coastal zone management; Congresses; Law and legislation
Description: "Following a comprehensive overview by the editors, this volume's expert contributors provide 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."--Jacket.