Um el Qusur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Um el Qusur in context

3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Um el QusurAsyut (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Um el Qusur plotted against Asyut and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Um el Qusur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Asyut which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Um el Qusur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.85 to 4.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Um el Qusur ranked 12th out of 18 cities in Asyut and 160th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.66
Rank in Egypt
124th of 213
Rank in Asyut
7th of 18

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.42
Rank in Egypt
160th of 213
Rank in Asyut
12th of 18

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
Um el QusurBarlettaObiaruku

In new street additions, Um el Qusur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Barletta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Obiaruku built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.