The staff and research fellows at the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center are actively involved in cutting-edge legal research pertaining to coastal, wetland and ocean policy.

Coastal and Offshore Wind Energy

• Kalo, Joseph J. and Lisa C. Schiavinato (2009). Wind Over North Carolina Waters: The State’s Preparedness to Address Offshore and Coastal Water-Based Wind Energy Projects, North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 87, 1819-1868.
• King, James, Lisa Schiavinato, and Ethan Case (2016). Wind Energy Permitting in North Carolina and Six Other States: A Comparative Analysis. UNC-SG-16-11, North Carolina Sea Grant, and N.C. Coastal Resources Law, Policy and Planning Center, Raleigh, NC.
• Project Team appointed by the NC General Assembly (2009). Coastal Wind: Energy for North Carolina’s Future, UNC Energy Services.

Estuarine Shoreline Management

• Schiavinato, Lisa and J. Kalo, eds., 2014. Management Strategies for North Carolina’s Estuarine Shoreline, UNC-SG-14-01, North Carolina Sea Grant, and N.C. Coastal Resources Law, Policy and Planning Center, Raleigh, NC.
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  • Report

Heirs’ Property

• Fleming, Rory, Jack Williams, Rebecca Neubauer and Lisa Schiavinato (2016). Splitting Heirs: The Challenges Posed by Heirs’ Property Ownership to Coastal Resilience Planning, UNC-SG-16-16, North Carolina Sea Grant, and N.C. Coastal Resources Law, Policy and Planning Center, Raleigh, NC.

Ocean Resources Management

• Clark, Walter (1994). North Carolina’s Ocean Stewardship Area: A Management Study, Division of Coastal Management, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
• NC Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center (2009). Developing a Management Strategy for North Carolina’s Coastal Ocean (Report of the Ocean Policy Steering Committee).

Oceanfront Property (Public vs. Private Rights)

• Kalo, Joseph (2005). North Carolina Oceanfront Property and Public Waters and Beaches: The Rights of Littoral Owners in the Twenty-First Century, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 83, 1428-1504.

Resilience

• Schiavinato, Lisa and Heather Payne (2015). Mapping Coastal Risks and Social Vulnerability: Current Tools and Legal Risks. North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning, and Policy Center.
• Shana Jones (2015). Mapping Coastal Risks and Social Vulnerability: Principles and Considerations. Virginia Coastal Policy Center.

Sand Beaches (Public vs. Private Rights)

• Kalo, Joseph (2000). The Changing Face of the Shoreline: Public and Private Rights to the Natural and Nourished Dry Sand Beaches of North Carolina, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 78, 1870-1896.
• Kalo, Joseph, J. and Lisa Schiavinato (2014). Customary Right of Use: Potential Impacts of Current Litigation to Public Use of North Carolina’s Beaches. Sea Grant Law Policy Journal, April 2014, Vol. 6:2. Download whole issue here.

Waterfront Access

• Cheshire, Kevin (2007). Market-Based Planning Tools: An Overview of TDRs and PDRs, Final report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.
• Clark, Walter and Kalo, Joseph (2006). Exploring Waterfront Access and Traditional Use Issues in Public Trust Waters, Presentation to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee, N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Nov. 20, 2006.
• Wynia, Erin (2007). Conditional Zoning in North Carolina, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.
• Wynia, Erin (2007). Funding Mechanisms for Land Acquisition, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.
• Zajac, Jared (2007). The Working Waterfront: Incentive-Based Techniques for Protecting the Traditional Waterfront Worker. Final report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.