Kafr al Bashbishah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr al Bashbishah in context

2.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al BashbishahAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr al Bashbishah plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. While Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kafr al Bashbishah's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kafr al Bashbishah's incremental SNDi rose from 3.02 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr al Bashbishah ranked 13th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 70th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Egypt
49th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
4th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Egypt
70th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
13th 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
Kafr al BashbishahPicha Ya NdegeQalat

In new street additions, Kafr al Bashbishah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Picha Ya Ndege built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Qalat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kafr al Bashbishah and Picha Ya Ndege both became progressively more disconnected, while Qalat became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Kafr al Bashbishah and Picha Ya Ndege have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.