Curley, S.Curley, S.Living on the edge: collected essays on coastal Texas.2010-02-152010-02-151989http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24176p. 9.1 - 9.20Texas is one of only two seacoast states without a federally approved plan to develop, protect, and regulate coastal resources. This chapter explores the reasons for the failure in 1981 of the state to adopt such a plan and theorizes as to whether Texas is ready in the 1990's to attempt the passage of a coastal plan.essayenvironmental protectioncoastal resourcesChapter