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Economic Geography Volume 62, 1986 - Issue 3
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Subsiding Land and Falling Ground-Water Tables: Public Policy, Private Liability, and Legal Remedy

Michael D. BradleyUniversity of Arizona
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Michael C. CarpenterUnited States Geological Survey
Pages 241-253 | Published online: 09 Jun 2016
 
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Abstract

Physical explanations of subsidence are reviewed, and explanation is offered for the evolving doctrines of responsibility, laws of support, tort liability, and groundwater management. The study area is the American Southwest.

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