Mit Ghamr in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mit Ghamr plotted against Ad Daqahliyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Mit Ghamr 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, Mit Ghamr's incremental SNDi rose from 5.04 to 5.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mit Ghamr ranked 20th out of 22 cities in Ad Daqahliyah and 166th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Al Mushahidah, Iraq
• Florence, Italy
• Tulungagung, Indonesia
• Krakow, Poland
• Changde, China
• Benxi, China

In new street additions, Mit Ghamr and Krakow both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Mushahidah built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Mit Ghamr and Krakow both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Mushahidah became progressively more connected. Mit Ghamr and Al Mushahidah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.