Qaryat Salah al Din in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qaryat Salah al Din in context

2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Qaryat Salah al DinAl Buhayrah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qaryat Salah al Din plotted against Al Buhayrah and Egypt. While Al Buhayrah and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Qaryat Salah al Din's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qaryat Salah al Din's incremental SNDi rose from 1.67 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qaryat Salah al Din ranked 1st out of 13 cities in Al Buhayrah and 4th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in Egypt
11th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
3rd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Egypt
4th of 213
Rank in Al Buhayrah
1st of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Qaryat Salah al DinBahmaHajja

While Bahma and Hajja both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Qaryat Salah al Din fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Qaryat Salah al Din fluctuated in connectivity, while Bahma became progressively more disconnected and Hajja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Qaryat Salah al Din and Hajja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.