This reading list is concerned with coastal environments as public space through an interdisciplinary lens. A consideration of the social construction of coastal environments (Corbin 1994) and the shifting conceptualizations that people have with these spaces (Sharp 2002) highlights the variety of interpretations by which people have considered the relationships between people in these environments. This work also considers the biological aspects of coastal environments (Maun 2009) as well as the issues posed by urban development in these places (Nordstrom 2004).