Kafr al Tarayna in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr al Tarayna in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al TaraynaAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr al Tarayna plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr al Tarayna was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Al Minufiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kafr al Tarayna's incremental SNDi rose from 7.79 to 8.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr al Tarayna ranked 15th out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 207th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.13
Rank in Egypt
197th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
15th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.86
Rank in Egypt
207th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
15th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al TaraynaAtiAl Mahabishah

In new street additions, Kafr al Tarayna and Ati both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Al Mahabishah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kafr al Tarayna and Ati both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Al Mahabishah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Kafr al Tarayna had a more sprawly network than Al Mahabishah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.