Al-Mahmudiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Mahmudiya in context

33.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-MahmudiyaAl Buhayrah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Mahmudiya plotted against Al Buhayrah and Egypt. While Al Buhayrah and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al-Mahmudiya's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Mahmudiya's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Mahmudiya ranked 9th out of 13 cities in Al Buhayrah and 95th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in Egypt
105th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
9th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Egypt
95th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
9th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-MahmudiyaCorpus ChristiJuazeiro do Norte

In new street additions, Al-Mahmudiya and Juazeiro do Norte both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Corpus Christi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.