El Mosha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Mosha in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MoshaAsyut (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Mosha plotted against Asyut and Egypt. While Asyut and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, El Mosha's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Mosha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.03 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Mosha ranked 2nd out of 18 cities in Asyut and 22nd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Egypt
62nd of 213
Rank in Asyut
2nd of 18

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in Egypt
22nd of 213
Rank in Asyut
2nd of 18

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MoshaBarra do CordaAnuradhapura

In new street additions, El Mosha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barra do Corda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Anuradhapura built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, El Mosha fluctuated in connectivity, while Barra do Corda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Anuradhapura became progressively more disconnected. El Mosha and Barra do Corda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.