Tabluha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tabluha 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
TabluhaAl Minufiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tabluha plotted against Al Minufiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Tabluha rose steadily, compared to Al Minufiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tabluha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tabluha ranked 3rd out of 15 cities in Al Minufiyah and 42nd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in Egypt
31st of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
2nd of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Egypt
42nd of 213
Rank in Al Minufiyah
3rd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TabluhaSharaqpurLianhua

In new street additions, Tabluha built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sharaqpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lianhua built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tabluha and Lianhua both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sharaqpur became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Tabluha had a more sprawly network than Lianhua in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.