Hihya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hihya in context

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HihyaAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hihya plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Hihya 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, Hihya's incremental SNDi fell from 3.14 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hihya ranked 8th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 53rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Egypt
30th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
7th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Egypt
53rd of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
8th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HihyaAlauliPuerto Cabello

While Alauli and Puerto Cabello both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hihya 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. Hihya and Alauli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.