The impact of rapid urbanisation on summer weather stress in Kuwait City

Robert Balling, H. A. Nasrallah

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Abstract

During Kuwait City's period of rapid population growth, summertime maximum temperatures have increased by nearly 1°C while minimum temperatures have decreased slightly; atmospheric moisture levels, as depicted by the dew point and relative humidity, have decreased sharply. As a result, all of the summertime weather stress indices used in the study have decreased during the period of recent population growth. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationJournal of Arid Environments
Pages261-265
Number of pages5
Volume21
Edition3
StatePublished - 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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