موجات الحر بالغردقة

Abstract EN

The research deals with the heat waves phenomenon in Hurghada, which is one of the distinctive aspects of climate change all over the world, where the American program for Global climate change (GCRP) confirms that it has multiplied since the sixties of the last century and became more frequent, intense, long-term and has become more common.

The study came in two researches: The first of them a study of the heat waves in Hurghada in terms of their intensity, duration, intensity and extent of concentration in one month, with a presentation of extreme hot days in Hurghada (40 ° C and above) at the end of this part the study explained the factors that cause these heat waves, While the second topic came as an applied study of some of the effects of those waves on tourism because Hurghada is a city for foreign tourism since 2011 until now (2018 AD).

 The other effect is its impact on the quality of Paved roads and the damages that it causes and finally the relationship between the high temperatures associated with heat waves and accident rates on those roads.

The study showed the increasing rate of Hurghada exposure to heat waves, with its concentration mainly during the spring, then winter, while the summer comes at the end of those rates, with a clear concentration of those waves during the last quarter of each month.

Unlike any other season, summer is affected by the rise of intensive heat days, and there are other several results included in the text of the research.

The study recommended to encourage tourism and touristic activities - especially mountain safari tourism - during winter Where complete thermal comfort prevails in Hurghada, avoid travelling to Hurghada - as much as possible - in the last quarter of each month, especially summer and spring because of the high intensity of heat waves, use white asphalt materials that can resist high temperature and taking necessary precautions to spare residents and tourists to the effects of rising great temperatures during heat waves, and there are many other recommendations included in the text of the research.