Kafr Awn in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr Awn in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr AwnAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Awn plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Awn peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Al Minufiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kafr Awn's incremental SNDi fell from 4.54 to 4.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Awn ranked 12th out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 148th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in Egypt
107th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
10th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in Egypt
148th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
12th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr AwnKencongFufeng

In new street additions, Kafr Awn built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kencong built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Fufeng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kafr Awn and Kencong both became progressively more disconnected, while Fufeng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.