Kafr Kila Al Bab in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr Kila Al Bab in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr Kila Al BabAl Gharbiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Kila Al Bab plotted against Al Gharbiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Kila Al Bab rose steadily, compared to Al Gharbiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kafr Kila Al Bab's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Kila Al Bab ranked 3rd out of 13 cities in Al Gharbiyah and 30th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Egypt
75th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
4th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Egypt
30th of 213
Rank in Al Gharbiyah
3rd of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr Kila Al BabFoya CityDa Kou Tun Zhen

In new street additions, Kafr Kila Al Bab built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Foya City built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and 大口屯镇 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kafr Kila Al Bab and Foya City both became progressively more disconnected, while 大口屯镇 fluctuated in connectivity.