Al-Santa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Santa in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-SantaAl Gharbiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Santa plotted against Al Gharbiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Al-Santa rose steadily, compared to Al Gharbiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Santa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.19 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Santa ranked 9th out of 13 cities in Al Gharbiyah and 111th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in Egypt
109th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
8th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Egypt
111th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
9th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-SantaTeteRenqiu

In new street additions, Al-Santa and Renqiu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tete built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Al-Santa and Renqiu both became progressively more disconnected, while Tete became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Al-Santa and Tete have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.