Hurghada in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hurghada in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HurghadaAl Bahr al Ahmar (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hurghada plotted against Al Bahr al Ahmar and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Hurghada was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Al Bahr al Ahmar which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hurghada's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hurghada ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Bahr al Ahmar and 5th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Egypt
6th of 213
Rank in Al Bahr al Ahmar
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.98
Rank in Egypt
5th of 213
Rank in Al Bahr al Ahmar
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HurghadaKon TumSahebpur Kamal

In new street additions, Hurghada built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kon Tum fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sahebpur Kamal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hurghada became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kon Tum fluctuated in connectivity and Sahebpur Kamal became progressively more disconnected. Hurghada and Sahebpur Kamal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.