ميت الوسطى in context: Street-network sprawl trends

myt lwsT~ 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
myt lwsT~Al Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with ميت الوسطى plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in ميت الوسطى rose steadily, compared to Al Minufiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, ميت الوسطى's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 4.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, ميت الوسطى ranked 7th out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 93rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in Egypt
91st of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
9th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in Egypt
93rd of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
7th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
myt lwsT~OlongapoAbat

In new street additions, ميت الوسطى and Abat both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Olongapo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, ميت الوسطى had a more sprawly network than Abat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.