Environmental assessment of Kuwait Bay : present status and future options

العناوين الأخرى

التقييم البيئي لجون الكويت : الوضع الحالي و الخيارات المستقبلية

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Bu Hamad, Nawwaf Ahmad Muhammad

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Sammak, Amr Abd al-Aziz

الجامعة

جامعة الخليج العربي

الكلية

كلية الدراسات العليا

القسم الأكاديمي

الإدارة البيئية

دولة الجامعة

البحرين

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2012

الملخص الإنجليزي

The need for evaluation of the current status of Kuwait’s coastal environment and related monitoring activities arises from the economic and geographical importance of Kuwait Bay, and the magnitude of its worth and value to the State.

The collection and analysis of environmental data through statistical methods to understand the environmental stresses in Kuwait Bay will serve to assess the current environmental status of the Bay.

With the above objective, this study has been conducted to recommend future actions that will help in preserving and maintaining a sustainable marine habitat in Kuwait Bay.

In light of the above-mentioned goal, this study will assess the environmental impacts on Kuwait Bay.

The assessment will be used to provide the indicators needed to enable feedback to decision makers on the environmental quality of the Kuwait Bay.

Seven environmental parameters were analyzed using statistical analyses program “STATISTICA”.

Range plots, Sun Rays Graph and Cluster Analysis were used to achieve a proper conclusion and to evaluate the need for any response actions.

Data for six KEPA monitoring stations were selected within the study area of Kuwait Bay.

These stations are Al-Mudera (Z1), Al-Doha (Z2), Ras Usheirig (Z3), Al-Shuwaikh (Z4), Ras Ajoza (Z5) and Ras Al-Ard (Z6).

The dissolved oxygen (DO) plays vital role in controlling the environmental events such as Fish kills (1999 and 2001) and the Meshref crisis (2009).

The middle region of the bay has the highest salinity levels comparing to the outer region.

Cluster analysis diagrams for parameters such as nutrient salts (nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and silicates) and Salinity follow almost the same patterns as DO.

In this case the parameters linkages suggest that the Kuwait Bay can be divided into three regions in terms of similarities of variations in water quality parameters.

These regions are: the Western, Middle and Eastern regions.

In general based on the statistical linkage analysis, it can be concluded that high levels of NO2, NO3, PO4 and SiO3 and the low levels of DO are highly correlated to severe environmental events which could lead to fish kill or any other degraded levels of water quality.

It is concluded that, there is a need to shift the urbanization away from the Bay and to improve the present monitoring program that KEPA is executing.

The revised program should include the sampling locations and numbers as well as the measured parameters and frequency of sampling.

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم الطبيعية والحياتية (متداخلة التخصصات)

الموضوعات

• السياسة البيئية
• الكويت
• خليج الكويت

عدد الصفحات

136

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-421198