Mit Habib in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mit Habib in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mit HabibAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mit Habib plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Mit Habib 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, Mit Habib's incremental SNDi rose from 2.78 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mit Habib ranked 12th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 59th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Egypt
29th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
6th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Egypt
59th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
12th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mit HabibHakodateNinghai County

In new street additions, Mit Habib built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hakodate built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ninghai County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mit Habib and Hakodate have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.