Al Ismailiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Ismailiya 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
Al IsmailiyaAl Isma`iliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Ismailiya plotted against Al Isma`iliyah and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Ismailiya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.5 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Ismailiya ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Isma`iliyah and 23rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in Egypt
34th of 213
Rank in Al Isma`iliyah
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Egypt
23rd of 213
Rank in Al Isma`iliyah
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al IsmailiyaAnkangRampur

While Ankang and Rampur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Al Ismailiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al Ismailiya and Ankang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.