El Gadeeda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Gadeeda in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El GadeedaAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Gadeeda plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El Gadeeda 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 Gadeeda's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Gadeeda ranked 10th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 56th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.15
Rank in Egypt
99th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
24th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in Egypt
56th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
10th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El GadeedaAfrinAkeze

In new street additions, El Gadeeda and Akeze both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Afrin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. El Gadeeda and Afrin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.