Givings recapture: Funding public acquisition of private property interests on the coasts

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-375

  Barnhizer, Daniel D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FLOOD; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042284736     PISSN: 01478257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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