Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah's incremental SNDi rose from 5.76 to 6.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah ranked 13th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 149th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.54
- Rank in Egypt
- 181st of 213
- Rank in Al Minya
- 19th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in Egypt
- 149th of 213
- Rank in Al Minya
- 13th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bolo, Nigeria
- Chingo, Angola
- Jena, Germany
- Tracy, United States
- Le Mée-sur-Seine, France
In new street additions, Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah and Jena both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sake built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah and Jena both became progressively more disconnected, while Sake became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah and Sake have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.