Port Said in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Port Said in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Port SaidBur Sa`id (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Port Said plotted against Bur Sa`id and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Port Said was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Bur Sa`id which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Port Said's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 3.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Port Said ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bur Sa`id and 7th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in Egypt
44th of 213
Rank in Bur Sa`id
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Egypt
7th of 213
Rank in Bur Sa`id
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Port SaidQomVeracruz

In new street additions, Port Said built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Qom fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Veracruz built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Port Said became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Qom fluctuated in connectivity and Veracruz became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Port Said had a more sprawly network than Veracruz in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.