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Climate-induced changes could potentially alter these physical conditions,
and thus affect channel and port navigational capacity. The result would
be an alteration of operation and maintenance costs and a reduction of the
condent use of the port, in addition to making the identication and justi-
cation of new facilities difcult.
See Chapter 9 for a further discussion of transportation impacts.
5.2.2.3 Flood Damage Reduction
Flood control structures (channels, dams and spillways, levees, retention
and detention basins, and oodwalls) are designed to provide protection
against events with an occurrence frequency based on statistics derived from
historical data. For example, many levee systems are designed ...