El Senbellawein in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Senbellawein in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Senbellawein plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El Senbellawein 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 Senbellawein's incremental SNDi rose from 2.65 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Senbellawein ranked 6th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 26th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.48
- Rank in Egypt
- 61st of 213
- Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
- 7th of 22
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.31
- Rank in Egypt
- 26th of 213
- Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
- 6th of 22
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Srikakulam, India
- Linying, China
- Habiganj, Bangladesh
- Juxian, China
- Mavelikkara, India
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
In new street additions, El Senbellawein and Srikakulam both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Juxian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, El Senbellawein and Srikakulam both became progressively more disconnected, while Juxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. El Senbellawein and Srikakulam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.