Shibin Al-Kom in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shibin Al-Kom in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shibin Al-KomAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shibin Al-Kom plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Shibin Al-Kom rose steadily, compared to Al Minufiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shibin Al-Kom's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shibin Al-Kom ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 58th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Egypt
77th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
7th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Egypt
58th of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
4th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shibin Al-KomShi Zhong Qu Mansehra

Shibin Al-Kom, 市中区, and Mansehra all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. For the full network, Shibin Al-Kom and 市中区 both became progressively more disconnected, while Mansehra became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shibin Al-Kom and 市中区 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.