شبلنجة in context: Street-network sprawl trends

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3.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
shblnj@Al Qalyubiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with شبلنجة plotted against Al Qalyubiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in شبلنجة rose steadily, compared to Al Qalyubiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, شبلنجة's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 3.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, شبلنجة ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Al Qalyubiyah and 112th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in Egypt
83rd of 213
Rank in Al Qalyubiyah
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in Egypt
112th of 213
Rank in Al Qalyubiyah
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
shblnj@GijonZhoucun

In new street additions, شبلنجة built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gijón fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zhoucun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, شبلنجة and Gijón both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhoucun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.