Fidimin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fidimin in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FidiminAl Fayyum (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fidimin plotted against Al Fayyum and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Fidimin was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Al Fayyum which peaked in 1976-1990 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fidimin's incremental SNDi rose from 6.23 to 7.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fidimin ranked 13th out of 13 cities in Al Fayyum and 192nd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.73
Rank in Egypt
191st of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
12th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.8
Rank in Egypt
192nd of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
13th 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
FidiminOlomoucWarisaliganj

In new street additions, Fidimin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Olomouc fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Warisaliganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fidimin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Olomouc became progressively more disconnected and Warisaliganj became progressively more connected. Notably, Fidimin had a more connected network than Warisaliganj in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.