Environmental assessment of Kuwait Bay: an integrated approach

Kuwait Bay is an imperative characteristic of the State of Kuwait. It has a number of major activities existing around it, including, business, industrial and recreational ones. The phase of construction and development of projects, and their resulting pollution have led to major change in the featu...

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Published in:Journal of coastal conservation 2013-09, Vol.17 (3), p.445-462
Main Authors: Al-Abdulghani, Eiman, El-Sammak, Amr, Sarawi, Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropogenic factors
Assessments
Beaches
Coastal
Coastal erosion
Coastal Sciences
Coastal zone management
Coasts
Conservation
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological sustainability
Environmental assessment
Environmental impact
Environmental impact assessment
Geography
Impact analysis
Marine pollution
Nature Conservation
Oceanography
Pollution abatement
Pollution sources
Reclamation
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Salinity
Sediments
Sewage
Statistical analysis
Surface water
Turbidity
Water analysis
Water pollution
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Summary:Kuwait Bay is an imperative characteristic of the State of Kuwait. It has a number of major activities existing around it, including, business, industrial and recreational ones. The phase of construction and development of projects, and their resulting pollution have led to major change in the features of the area. The purpose of this research is to serve as a managing tool for decision-making through the environmental assessment of Kuwait Bay. Due to the multiplicities and diversities of the man-made activities and the natural environmental setting of the bay, the impacts are out looked on a holistic approach rather than on a single approach.The methodology of assessment including, sampling and analysis of water and sediment, statistical analysis, as well as application of the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RAIM) in order to analysis the impacts in an integrated approach. The southern areas of the bay are the main sources of pollution that distributed northward to cover the central region of the bay. Sulaibikhat Bay (South-West sector of the bay) is the most vulnerable area due to its exposure to anthropogenic activities such as reclamations, sewage inflow and other activities. The area near Shuwaikh Port is suffering due to reclamation processes. The northern and north-west sectors suffer from coastal erosion as well as from pollutants arriving via Shatt Al Arab.
ISSN:1400-0350
1874-7841
DOI:10.1007/s11852-013-0242-7