Coastal management politics: a view from Capitol Hill

Journal Article · · J. Am. Plann. Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/01944368508976414· OSTI ID:5416934

Kitsos, T R

The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972 emerged from the national debate about land use in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Despite public support for environmental protection, enactment of the CZMA was clouded by a gloomy prognosis and by the lack of presidential enthusiasm for the program. The author traces the evolution of political forces that helped to establish and sustain coastal management as a federal function during the program's first decade; identifies the support of coastal state congressmen as the most important single factor in the program's survival; and raises questions about the capacity of legislative efforts to respond to the current budgetary austerity of the Reagan administration. 17 references.

• Research Organization: House of Representatives, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5416934
• Journal Information: J. Am. Plann. Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Plann. Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 51:3; ISSN JAPAD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290400 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
510500* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
FINANCING
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
POLITICAL ASPECTS
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT