بطره in context: Street-network sprawl trends

bTrh in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
bTrhAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with بطره plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in بطره 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, بطره's incremental SNDi rose from 4.89 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, بطره ranked 19th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 154th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.69
Rank in Egypt
162nd of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
19th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in Egypt
154th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
19th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
bTrhDortyolVijapur

In new street additions, بطره built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dörtyol fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Vijapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, بطره and Vijapur both became progressively more disconnected, while Dörtyol fluctuated in connectivity. بطره and Dörtyol have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.