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<br />I <br /> <br />floods consisted almost exclusively of the construction of <br />dams, levees and other structures to impound or divert flood <br />waters. The overall impact of flood plain developments or <br />the flood control projects protecting them received little <br />attention. <br /> <br />It was apparent by the mid-60's that, although flood control <br /> <br /> <br />projects prevented large amounts of damage, this traditional <br /> <br /> <br />approach required revision for several reasons: <br /> <br />. Developments were taking place on flood plains <br />faster than projects could be constructed to <br />protect them. <br /> <br />. The availability of flood protection through <br />publicly funded projects proved an inducement <br />to further development, frustrating all hope of <br />catching up with the growing flopd problem. <br /> <br />. The cost of the larger and larger flood control <br />projects required to protect the additional <br />development waS becoming exorbitant. putting an <br />unfair tax burden on the general public to <br />subsidize those who used the flood plain <br />without concern for the consequences. <br /> <br />. Upstream land development and channelization <br />was increasing downstream flood hazards. <br /> <br />. Costs for disaster relief programs were rapidly <br />increasing. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Existing flood control <br />decreasing in effectiveness <br />development continued. <br /> <br />structures <br />as flood <br /> <br />were <br />plain <br /> <br />4 <br />