New Al Abbasiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

New Al Abbasiya in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
New Al AbbasiyaAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with New Al Abbasiya plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in New Al Abbasiya rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, New Al Abbasiya's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, New Al Abbasiya ranked 4th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 88th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in Egypt
97th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
5th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Egypt
88th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
4th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
New Al AbbasiyaDessalinesPuerto Hondo

In new street additions, New Al Abbasiya and Puerto Hondo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dessalines built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, New Al Abbasiya and Puerto Hondo both became progressively more disconnected, while Dessalines grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. New Al Abbasiya and Puerto Hondo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.