Birimbal al Quadima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Birimbal al Quadima in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Birimbal al QuadimaAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Birimbal al Quadima plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Birimbal al Quadima 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, Birimbal al Quadima's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 3.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Birimbal al Quadima ranked 8th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 31st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.59
Rank in Egypt
69th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
9th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in Egypt
31st of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
8th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
Birimbal al QuadimaKuqaJingbian

In new street additions, Birimbal al Quadima built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kuqa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jingbian built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Birimbal al Quadima became progressively more disconnected, while Kuqa became progressively more connected and Jingbian became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Birimbal al Quadima had a more sprawly network than Jingbian in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.