Kafr Sarawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr Sarawa in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr SarawaAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Sarawa plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Sarawa 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 Sarawa's incremental SNDi fell from 5.99 to 5.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Sarawa ranked 13th out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 187th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.86
Rank in Egypt
167th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
13th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.54
Rank in Egypt
187th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
13th of 15

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 SarawaTikamgarhRaghunathpur

While Tikamgarh and Raghunathpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kafr Sarawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kafr Sarawa and Tikamgarh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.