Kafr al Bazat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr al Bazat in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al BazatAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr al Bazat plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr al Bazat peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Kafr al Bazat's incremental SNDi fell from 4.04 to 3.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr al Bazat ranked 25th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 125th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.67
Rank in Egypt
72nd of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
19th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Egypt
125th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
25th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr al BazatDunaiAl 'Aziziyah

In new street additions, Kafr al Bazat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Дунай fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al ‘Azīzīyah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kafr al Bazat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Дунай grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Al ‘Azīzīyah became progressively more disconnected. Kafr al Bazat and Дунай have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.