Shushah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shushah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shushah plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Shushah rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shushah's incremental SNDi rose from 6.38 to 8.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shushah ranked 21st out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 191st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.41
- Rank in Egypt
- 201st of 213
- Rank in Al Minya
- 21st of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in Egypt
- 191st of 213
- Rank in Al Minya
- 21st of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- ميت ابو خالد, Egypt
- Margherita, India
- Gadahinglaj, India
- Saint-Brieuc, France
- Deori Khas, India
- Bholarhat, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Shushah and ميت ابو خالد both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Saint-Brieuc built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Shushah and Saint-Brieuc have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.