Hazard Assessment and Hazard Mapping for Kuwait  

作　　者：Ali Al-Hemoud Abdulla Al-Enezi Hassan Al-Dashti Peter Petrov Raafat Misak Manar AlSaraf Mariam Malek 

机构地区：[1]Crisis Decision Support Program,Environment and Life Sciences Research Center,Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research(KISR),Safat,13109,Kuwait City,Kuwait [2]Meteorology Department,Directorate General of Civil Aviation,32001,Hawalli,Kuwait [3]Desert Research Center,Cairo,Egypt

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2023年第1期143-161,共19页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：funded by the Kuwait Ministry of Finance for the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research(KISR)under project no.P-KISR-06-02 entitled Multi-Hazard Macro-Assessment Study and Strengthening Environmental Crisis Management in Kuwait.

摘　　要：Hazard maps are essential tools to aid decision makers in land-use planning,sustainable infrastructure development,and emergency preparedness.Despite the availability of historical data,there has been no attempt to produce hazard maps for Kuwait.In cooperation with the World Bank,this study investigated the natural and anthropogenic hazards that affect Kuwait.The objective was to assess the hazards that face Kuwait and map the hazards of most concern.Hazard maps depicting the spatial distribution of hazard-prone areas are discussed in this article.Hazard assessment maps were generated using multiple datasets and techniques,including meteorological data,satellite imagery,and GIS.Hazard profiling identified a total of 25 hazards,of which five“priority”hazards were explored in detail:(1)surface water flooding;(2)dust storms and sand encroachment;(3)drought;(4)air pollution;and(5)oil spills.The results of this study can aid decision makers in targeting the hazards of most concern.The developed maps are valuable tools for emergency response and hazard mitigation.

关 键 词：Hazard mapping Hazard prioritization Hazard profiling KUWAIT 

分 类 号：X4[环境科学与工程—灾害防治] P285[天文地球—地图制图学与地理信息工程]