Quantitative Analysis of Urban Road Network of Dammam Metropolis

Authors

  • Hessa Alotaibi A Ph.D. Candidate in Geography, Department of Geography, Qassim University Dammam
  • Prof. Mohammed Aldagheiri Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography, Qassim University, Buraidah

Abstract

Urban Road network is considered one of the most important infrastructures that was given a lot of attention Saudi Arabia. The research attempted to examine the urban road networks in Dammam Metropolis, through analysing the infrastructure of the urban road networks in Dammam city to state how easy the access and the communication between the transport contracts and how relative they are as well as to achieve the desired objectives of evaluating the efficiency of roads networks. Moreover, the study employed the technology of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in processing and analysing the data of the urban road networks in Dammam city, especially the tool of Network Analysis to analyse and determine the degree of interdependence by applying several quantitative indicators, In the light of the quantitative analysis of the urban road networks and via statistical strategies, it is worth noting that the deviation factor of urban roads reached (113%), meaning the length of roads under the scope of the study do not deviate from straight lines to a large extent.   

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Published

2022-07-06

How to Cite

Hessa Alotaibi, & Prof. Mohammed Aldagheiri. (2022). Quantitative Analysis of Urban Road Network of Dammam Metropolis. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 63(1), 1–24. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/14145

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