Matai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Matai in context

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MataiAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Matai plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. While Al Minya and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Matai's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Matai's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 4.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matai ranked 5th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 89th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in Egypt
126th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
9th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Egypt
89th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
5th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MataiNawanagarWeishi

In new street additions, Matai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nawanagar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Weishi built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Matai fluctuated in connectivity, while Nawanagar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Weishi became progressively more connected. Matai and Weishi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.