Land Resource Stresses and Degradation in the Arid Environment of Kuwait: An Overview

摘要

Arid environments are dry for most of the year. The present article identifies some of the major land resource stress in the arid environment specific to Kuwait. In addition to aridity, Kuwait faces additional stress from erosion, poor quality soils, consequences of the Gulf war (oil contamination of land resources, compaction, surface disturbance-landmines-bunkers), over-exploitation of land resources and inappropriate land use, overgrazing, insufficient water resources, and salinization. The management strategies to either reduce or moderate the affects of land resource stress are also presented.