Shimm al Basal al Bahari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shimm al Basal al Bahari 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
Shimm al Basal al BahariAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shimm al Basal al Bahari plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Shimm al Basal al Bahari rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shimm al Basal al Bahari's incremental SNDi rose from 4.39 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shimm al Basal al Bahari ranked 7th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 104th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.27
Rank in Egypt
146th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
11th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in Egypt
104th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
7th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shimm al Basal al BahariMantes-la-VilleTaein-dong

In new street additions, Shimm al Basal al Bahari built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mantes-la-Ville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Taein-dong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shimm al Basal al Bahari and Mantes-la-Ville both became progressively more disconnected, while Taein-dong became progressively more connected. Shimm al Basal al Bahari and Mantes-la-Ville have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.