Kom Hamada in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kom Hamada in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kom HamadaAl Buhayrah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kom Hamada plotted against Al Buhayrah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kom Hamada rose steadily, compared to Al Buhayrah which peaked in 1976-1990 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kom Hamada's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kom Hamada ranked 4th out of 13 cities in Al Buhayrah and 41st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.55
Rank in Egypt
66th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
6th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Egypt
41st of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
4th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kom HamadaCumbumKottarakkara

While Cumbum and Kottarakkara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kom Hamada built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Kom Hamada and Kottarakkara both became progressively more disconnected, while Cumbum fluctuated in connectivity. Kom Hamada and Cumbum have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.