Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah 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, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah ranked 14th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 74th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.56
- Rank in Egypt
- 67th of 213
- Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
- 8th of 22
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.98
- Rank in Egypt
- 74th of 213
- Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
- 14th of 22
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rameswaram, India
- Benisheikh, Nigeria
- Kalaiya, Nepal
- Tiquisio, Colombia
- Poko, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Chandur Bazar, India
While Rameswaram and Tiquisio both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah became progressively more disconnected, while Rameswaram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tiquisio grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah had a more connected network than Tiquisio in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.