Qunfudhah: city in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Qunfudhah, Saudi Arabia on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Qunfudhah as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is -0.15, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and -0.15. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Qunfudhah spans a total of 9 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and -0.15. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Qunfudhah and Makkah do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Makkah peaked in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Qunfudhah fare in comparison to others in Makkah? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Qunfudhah was the 7th-most disconnected out of the 7 cities in Makkah. Qunfudhah ranked 7th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Qunfudhah and Saudi Arabia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Saudi Arabia rose steadily.
How do development practices in Qunfudhah fare in comparison to others in Saudi Arabia? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Qunfudhah was the 43rd-most disconnected out of the 46 cities in Saudi Arabia. Qunfudhah ranked 43rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Qunfudhah and Makkah do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Makkah rose steadily.
To date, Qunfudhah is the 7th-most disconnected out of the 7 cities in Makkah. Qunfudhah ranked 7th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Qunfudhah and Saudi Arabia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Saudi Arabia rose steadily.
To date, Qunfudhah is the 46th-most disconnected out of the 46 cities in Saudi Arabia. Qunfudhah ranked 46th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Qunfudhah had a built-up area of 0.6 square kilometers, and a population of 96487 people.
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