Causes and indicators of land degradation in the North-Western part of Kuwait

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-79

  Al Dousari, Ali Mohamed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Gravel quarries; Land degradation; North Western Kuwait; Over grazing; Sandy berms; Socio economic; Vehicle tracks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GRAVEL ROADS; LANDSLIDES; SAND; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEHICLES;

ACTION PLAN; BERM; GRAVEL; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OVERGRAZING; QUARRY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STATISTICAL DATA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33745018384     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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