Salehia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salehia in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalehiaAsh Sharqiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salehia plotted against Ash Sharqiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Salehia 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, Salehia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 4.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salehia ranked 24th out of 28 cities in Ash Sharqiyah and 110th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.66
Rank in Egypt
123rd of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
27th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in Egypt
110th of 213
Rank in Ash Sharqiyah
24th 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
SalehiaCoronel FabricianoPinghe

In new street additions, Salehia and Coronel Fabriciano both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pinghe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Salehia and Coronel Fabriciano both became progressively more disconnected, while Pinghe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Salehia and Coronel Fabriciano have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.