Borde costero

[1][2][3] The concept of the playa is based on article 594 of the Chilean Civil Code and this condition is independent of the actual ground type.

[2] The Subsecretariat of the Armed Forces is tasked with granting concessions in borde costero except in rivers and lakes that have not been declared navigable for ships over 100 tons where municipal administrations do so.

[3] The Chilean regulations regarding borde costero have been criticized as failing to balance competing land use interests such as port facilities, real estate development, and environmental and landscape conservation, leading to a total dominance of the two former.

[3] The coast of Valparaíso Region in particular has been the site of socio-environmental conflicts, and environmental and landscape degradation attributed to real estate development allowed by the borde costero regulations.

[2] Reportedly the change has been made to widen the geographical scope of regulations beyond beaches and 80 m inland from the highest tide.