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Although a significant amount of Texas's tidal coastline is protected and undeveloped, the unprotected areas have been rapidly developed in the last 20 years as residential and recreational sites. Other areas, such as Galveston Bay and the international seaport of Houston, have long been critically important industrial sites and transportation hubs. As development and economic activity in coastal areas has increased, so has societal vulnerability to coastal hazards. Climate change could intensify the threat of such hazards. For example:
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Sea-level rise will also increase storm surges, even if hurricanes and tropical storms do not become more frequent or intense. Thus, greater economic losses from storms, and higher repair and maintenance costs, such as the costs of maintaining port and industrial facilities or beach replenishment, must be expected in the future.
