An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management

By Timothy Beatley, David J. Brower, and Anna K. Schwab. This book offers a comprehensive overview of coastal planning and management issues for students and professionals in the field.

California Coast and Ocean [Magazine Subscription]

Published by the California State Coastal Conservancy, this quarterly magazine strives to work with the people of California to preserve, improve and restore public access and natural resources along the coast and around San Francisco Bay.

California Coastal Access Guide (Sixth Edition)

A great reference and resource book that details coastal access in California beach-by-beach and county-by-county from the Oregon to the Mexican borders, produced by the California Coastal Commission. This is the sixth edition (2003) of this publication, which first appeared in 1981.

Cities on the Beach: Management Issues of Developed Coastal Barriers (Research Paper/University of Chicago, Dept of Geography, No. 224)

Edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Shiela G. Pelczarski and Barbara K.R. Burbank. (October 1986).

Coastal Environment, The: Toward Integrated Coastal and Marine Sanctuary Management

By Gary A. Klee. This textbook introduces the art and science of seeing the interrelationship between coastal land issues and adjacent marine sanctuary concerns.

Coastal Planning and Management

By Robert Kay, et al. This book is the first comprehensive guide for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management world-wide. The book is to assist in the sustainable development and use of the world's coastal zones by providing a blueprint for planners and managers who want to produce integrated coastal management plans.

Coastal Recreation in California: Policy, Management, Access

By Michael Heiman. This is the paperback edition of the 1986 publication from the Institute of Governmental Studies.

Coastal Zone Management Handbook

By John Clark. This handbook reflects a global perspective on the natural resources, sensitivities, economics, development, productivity, and diversity of coastal zones, with an emphasis on tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems.

Coastal and Ocean Management Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

By Donna R. Christie and Richard G. Hildreth. Another member of the same series that many of us saw and used throughout law school, focussing on coastal law issues.

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management : Concepts and Practices

By Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht. This is a 1998 publication of Island Press, and while not focussed on California received excellent reviews.

Introduction to Water in California: California Natural History Guides, 76

By David Carle. While coastal waters are not the primary focus of the work, the book does discuss the public trust doctrine.

Land Use Laws On: Environmental Permit Reform Act, Endangered Species Act (California), and Coastal Act

By Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California. This 2001 publication includes statutes on three important Acts: Environmental Permit Reform Act, Public Resources, and the Endangered Species Act.

Living by the Rules of the Sea (Living With the Shore)

By David M. Bush, et al. This is a 1996 publication of Duke University Press. The chapters tend to concentrate on risk assessment and damage mitigation from natural coastal hazards.

Living with the Changing California Coast

This 2005 book is a completely revised and updated edition of Living with the California Coast (1985), featuring hundreds of new photographs and the latest data on human activity on the coast, on climate change, on rising seas levels, and on coastal erosion and protection. With its dramatic photographs and mile-by-mile maps, Living with the Changing California Coast will be an essential resource for those intending to buy or build along the coast, those who need specific information about various coastal regions, and those who are seeking information about how this remarkable coastline has evolved.

Making Governments in Plan: State Experiments in Managing Land Use

By Raymond J. Burby, Peter J. May, Philip R. Berke, Linda C. Dalton, Steven P. French, Edward J. Kaiser, Center for American Places. Contains a chapter on California's efforts to combat congestion and discusses the Coastal Plan in the chapter on managing development.

Making Waves: Integrating Coastal Conservation and Development

By Katrina Brown, Emma L. Tompkins, and W. Neil Adger. This is a relatively new work published in 2002

Marine Resources: Property Rights, Economics and Environment

Edited by Max Falque, Michael de Alessi, and Henry Lamotte and published by JAI Press in 2002.

Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management

By Mark Orams. This 1999 book includes case studies of specific types of tourism including: the cruise ship industry, whale and dolphin watching, yachting and the America's Cup, and maritime museums and festivals in locales including the Florida Keys and Hawaii, the Caribbean, New Zealand, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems

Edited by Dawn J. Wright and Darius J. Bartlett.

Outside [Magazine Subscription]

In addition to feature articles devoted to outdoor recreation and activity, it contains photography and literary pieces by award-winning photographers and writers. Its other articles cover such subjects as travel, sports, adventure, people, politics, the environment, art, literature and the outside world.

Pier Fishing in California: The Complete Coast and Bay Guide

By Ken Jones. The most comprehensive authority on 113 California piers. They’re all here—including those in the Carquinez Strait and West Delta. The ultimate pier fishing resource for Pacific Coast pier anglers with over 350 new photos and illustrations added to this edition, including detailed, species-specific illustrations of fish-cleaning, rigging illustrations, and maps.