Land degradation factors in arid irrigated areas: the case of Wafra in Kuwait

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-294

  Omar, S A S ^a   Madouh, T ^a   El Bagouri, I ^b   Al Mussalem, Z ^a   Al Telaihi, H ^c  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; LAND DEGRADATION;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0032433887     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199807/08)9:4<283::AID-LDR291>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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