Kafr Ismail in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr Ismail in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr IsmailAd Daqahliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Ismail plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Ismail 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 Ismail's incremental SNDi rose from 9.43 to 9.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Ismail ranked 22nd out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 211th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.79
Rank in Egypt
209th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
22nd of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.03
Rank in Egypt
211th of 213
Rank in Ad Daqahliyah
22nd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr IsmailBiyangAbiriba

In new street additions, Kafr Ismail and Biyang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Abiriba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.