Sadat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sadat in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SadatAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sadat plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Sadat 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, Sadat's incremental SNDi fell from 2.54 to 1.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sadat ranked 1st out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 14th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in Egypt
4th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Egypt
14th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
1st of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SadatObuduElx / Elche

In new street additions, Sadat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Obudu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Elx / Elche built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Obudu and Elx / Elche both became progressively more disconnected, while Sadat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Sadat and Obudu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.