Al-Gharaq in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Gharaq in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-GharaqAl Fayyum (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Gharaq plotted against Al Fayyum and Egypt. While Al Fayyum and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al-Gharaq's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Gharaq's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 2.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Gharaq ranked 2nd out of 13 cities in Al Fayyum and 47th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in Egypt
16th of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
2nd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Egypt
47th of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
2nd of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-GharaqTianchengKalmunai

While Tiancheng and Kalmunai both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Al-Gharaq fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tiancheng and Kalmunai both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Gharaq fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Al-Gharaq had a more sprawly network than Tiancheng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.