Damshir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Damshir in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DamshirAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Damshir plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Damshir rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Damshir's incremental SNDi rose from 5.32 to 6.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Damshir ranked 18th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 163rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.01
Rank in Egypt
170th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
16th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in Egypt
163rd of 213
Rank in Al Minya
18th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DamshirOstendHilversum

In new street additions, Damshir and Ostend both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hilversum built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Damshir and Ostend both became progressively more disconnected, while Hilversum grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.