Al-Asafra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Asafra in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-AsafraAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Asafra plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Al-Asafra rose steadily, compared to Ad Daqahliyah which peaked in 1991-2005 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Asafra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 4.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Asafra ranked 5th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 21st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.76
Rank in Egypt
128th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
15th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Egypt
21st of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
5th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-AsafraBoramaVilnius

In new street additions, Al-Asafra and Vilnius both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Borama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al-Asafra and Borama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.