6th of October in context: Street-network sprawl trends

6th of October in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
6th of OctoberAl Jizah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 6th of October plotted against Al Jizah and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, 6th of October's incremental SNDi rose from 2.03 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 6th of October ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Al Jizah and 34th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Egypt
20th of 213
Rank in Al Jizah
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Egypt
34th of 213
Rank in Al Jizah
1st of 8

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
6th of OctoberKimch'aekChausa

In new street additions, 6th of October and Kimch'aek both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chausa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kimch'aek and Chausa both became progressively more disconnected, while 6th of October fluctuated in connectivity.