Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City

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Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City
مدينة صباح الأحمد البحرية
Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - A3 Aerial Shot2.JPG
Country Kuwait
DistrictAhmadi Governorate
Founded by Kuwait
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City is a city in Khiran Kuwait built with canals forming 200 kilometres (120 mi) of artificial shoreline. The city houses up to 250,000 residents.[1][2] The city was inaugurated in mid 2016.[3][4] The artificial islands that make up the area are unusual because they were built excavating large channels in desert land rather than using reclaimed land. The city is considered a pioneering project in the region due to its environmentally sustainable construction techniques.[5][6]

The first phase of the project was opened to the sea in 2004.[5] The multi-billion dollar development is within a 25 year construction period with ten phases.[1] Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City is the first urban area in Kuwait built entirely by the private sector.

Environmental impact[]

The environmental impact of the development, from the standpoint of marine life, has been seen as positive and sustainable.[5] According to studies of the development:

Within the waterways, a full range of man-made marine habitats have been created. These include intertidal beaches, tidal flats, mangrove and salt marshes on islands, together with subtidal sand and rock benthic habitats. These have been monitored with daily physical and annual biological surveys. Importantly, this data provides new information on the natural colonization rates and development of Gulf soft .substrate intertidal and subtidal marine communities. Within 5 years of opening to the sea, all artificially created marine habitats have a species richness and abundance close to, or exceeding, that of similar open sea natural habitats in Kuwait. Over 1000 species of macrobiota now exist within the desert waterways including 100 species of fish and shellfish.[5]

Gallery[]

  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - A3 Aerial Shot2.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Beach sand.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase 4 Lagoon.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A2 Aerial Shot.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A2 and Phase A3.jpg
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A2 Break Water.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A2.jpg
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A3 Aerial Shot.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A3 Lagoon 1.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A3 Lagoon.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A3.jpg
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City - Phase A4.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Aerial Shot.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Aerial Shot1.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Aerial Shot2.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Lagoon and Groyne.JPG
  • Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Satellite Image.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Heialy, Yasmin Al (2016-06-26). "Kuwait: Multi-billion Sea City ready in 25 years | ConstructionWeekOnline.com". ConstructionWeekOnline.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ Al-Shuaibi, Athoob (9 November 2017). "Sabah Al-Ahmad Sea City - Kuwait Times". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Sea City achieves the impossible". The Worldfolio. March 2016.
  4. ^ "Tamdeen Group's US$ 700 million Al Khiran development to bolster Kuwait's retail and tourism growth". Tamdeen Group.
  5. ^ a b c d Jones, D. A.; Nithyanandan, M.; Williams, I. (4 June 2012). "Sabah Al-Ahmad Sea City Kuwait: development of a sustainable man-made coastal ecosystem in a saline desert". Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 15: 84–92. doi:10.1080/14634988.2012.663706.
  6. ^ "Sabah Al-Ahmad Sea City - Khiran". Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.

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Coordinates: 28°39′39″N 48°22′20″E / 28.66079°N 48.3722°E / 28.66079; 48.3722

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