El Mahalla El Kubra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Mahalla El Kubra in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El Mahalla El KubraAl Gharbiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Mahalla El Kubra plotted against Al Gharbiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El Mahalla El Kubra rose steadily, compared to Al Gharbiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Mahalla El Kubra's incremental SNDi rose from 2.4 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Mahalla El Kubra ranked 2nd out of 13 cities in Al Gharbiyah and 29th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.47
Rank in Egypt
60th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
3rd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Egypt
29th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
2nd of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El Mahalla El KubraSamaraSamarinda

El Mahalla El Kubra, Samara, and Samarinda all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.