Criminal
Jun. 18, 2009
Where Land Meets Water
Climate change promises to exacerbate the disputes over property rights in coastal areas.
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice, UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
Those regions in California where land meets water - along the state's 1,100-mile coastline, in San Francisco Bay and along California's extensive system of lakes and rivers - constitute some of the state's most valuable real estate. Along with sensitive and important ecological resources, these littoral and riparian areas also harbor competing ownerships of privately owned uplands and publicly owned waterways.
It is no surprise that many of California's most pitched property righ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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