El Azizia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Azizia in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El AziziaAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Azizia plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El Azizia rose steadily, 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, El Azizia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.88 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Azizia ranked 28th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 145th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in Egypt
150th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
28th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in Egypt
145th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
28th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El AziziaAngorArdakan

In new street additions, El Azizia built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Angor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ardakan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El Azizia became progressively more disconnected, while Angor became progressively more disconnected and Ardakan fluctuated in connectivity. El Azizia and Angor have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.