Minya Al-Qamh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Minya Al-Qamh in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Minya Al-QamhAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minya Al-Qamh plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Minya Al-Qamh 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, Minya Al-Qamh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.97 to 3.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minya Al-Qamh ranked 14th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 64th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in Egypt
68th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
18th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Egypt
64th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
14th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Minya Al-QamhYan'anYoshkar-Ola

In new street additions, Minya Al-Qamh and Yan'an both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yoshkar-Ola built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Minya Al-Qamh and Yan'an have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.