Manfalut in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manfalut in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manfalut plotted against Asyut and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Manfalut rose steadily, compared to Asyut which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Manfalut's incremental SNDi rose from 4.59 to 4.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manfalut ranked 10th out of 18 cities in Asyut and 134th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.68
- Rank in Egypt
- 125th of 213
- Rank in Asyut
- 8th of 18
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.03
- Rank in Egypt
- 134th of 213
- Rank in Asyut
- 10th of 18
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pala, Chad
- Guiyang, China
- Бункерная, Russia
- Katiadi, Bangladesh
- Xichuan, China
- New Haven, United States
Manfalut, Pala, and Katiadi all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Manfalut had a more sprawly network than Katiadi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.