Luxor in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Luxor in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Luxor plotted against Al Uqsur and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Luxor peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Al Uqsur which peaked in 1991-2005 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Luxor's incremental SNDi fell from 6.75 to 5.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Luxor ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Uqsur and 196th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.48
- Rank in Egypt
- 153rd of 213
- Rank in Al Uqsur
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.13
- Rank in Egypt
- 196th of 213
- Rank in Al Uqsur
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Madurai and Puebla both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Luxor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Madurai and Puebla both became progressively more disconnected, while Luxor grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Luxor and Puebla have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.