Hawsh Isa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hawsh Isa in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hawsh IsaAl Buhayrah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hawsh Isa plotted against Al Buhayrah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Hawsh Isa peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Al Buhayrah which peaked in 1976-1990 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hawsh Isa's incremental SNDi fell from 1.93 to 1.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hawsh Isa ranked 2nd out of 13 cities in Al Buhayrah and 9th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Egypt
3rd of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
1st of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Egypt
9th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
2nd of 13

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
Hawsh IsaDong'anGebre Guracha

In new street additions, Hawsh Isa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dong'an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gebre Guracha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hawsh Isa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dong'an fluctuated in connectivity and Gebre Guracha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Hawsh Isa and Gebre Guracha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.