Coplin, Laura S., and Devin L. GallowayProceedings: The State of the Bay Symposium V. January 31 - February 2, 20012010-02-152010-02-152001http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26192pgs. 131-132The greater Houston area, possibly more than any other metropolitan area in the United States, has been adversely affected by land subsidence. Extensive subsidence, caused mainly by ground-water pumping but also by oil and gas extraction, has increased the frequency of flooding, caused extensive damage to industrial and transportation infra-structure, motivated major investments in levees, reservoirs, and surface-water distribution facilities, and caused substantial loss of wetland habitat.Chapter