Kafr al Hajj Shirbini in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr al Hajj Shirbini in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al Hajj ShirbiniAd 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 Hajj Shirbini plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr al Hajj Shirbini 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 Hajj Shirbini's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr al Hajj Shirbini ranked 11th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 50th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in Egypt
149th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
18th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Egypt
50th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
11th 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
Kafr al Hajj ShirbiniKosanLecce

While Kosan and Lecce both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Kafr al Hajj Shirbini built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Kafr al Hajj Shirbini and Lecce both became progressively more disconnected, while Kosan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kafr al Hajj Shirbini and Lecce have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.