Tubhar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tubhar in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tubhar plotted against Al Fayyum and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Tubhar rose steadily, compared to Al Fayyum which peaked in 1976-1990 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tubhar's incremental SNDi rose from 6.44 to 7.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tubhar ranked 12th out of 13 cities in Al Fayyum and 176th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.77
Rank in Egypt
193rd of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
13th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.03
Rank in Egypt
176th of 213
Rank in Al Fayyum
12th 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
TubharSidhiLanxi

In new street additions, Tubhar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sidhi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Lanxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tubhar became progressively more disconnected, while Sidhi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Lanxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.