Aswan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aswan in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AswanEgypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aswan plotted against Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Aswan rose steadily, while Egypt followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aswan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 4.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aswan ranked 103rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in Egypt
134th of 213

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Egypt
103rd of 213

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AswanNeijiangKadapa

In new street additions, Aswan and Kadapa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Neijiang built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Aswan and Kadapa both became progressively more disconnected, while Neijiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Aswan and Neijiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.