Al Halawat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Halawat in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al HalawatAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Halawat plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Al Halawat 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, Al Halawat's incremental SNDi fell from 2.37 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Halawat ranked 2nd out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 16th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Egypt
9th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
2nd of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Egypt
16th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
2nd of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al HalawatGyorCai Dau

In new street additions, Al Halawat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gyor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cái Dầu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al Halawat and Cái Dầu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.