Abu Kabir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abu Kabir in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu KabirAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abu Kabir plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Abu Kabir peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ash Sharqiyah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abu Kabir's incremental SNDi fell from 3.03 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abu Kabir ranked 6th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 38th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in Egypt
32nd of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
8th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Egypt
38th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
6th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu KabirClermont-FerrandBeni Mellal

While Clermont-Ferrand and Beni Mellal both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Abu Kabir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Abu Kabir and Clermont-Ferrand have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.