El Mansura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Mansura in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MansuraAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Mansura plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El Mansura 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, El Mansura's incremental SNDi rose from 3.66 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Mansura ranked 15th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 81st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in Egypt
93rd of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
11th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Egypt
81st of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
15th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MansuraYinchuanMonrovia

In new street additions, El Mansura and Yinchuan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Monrovia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. El Mansura and Yinchuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.