كفر البطيخ in context: Street-network sprawl trends

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3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
kfr lbTykhDumyat (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with كفر البطيخ plotted against Dumyat and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in كفر البطيخ rose steadily, compared to Dumyat which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, كفر البطيخ's incremental SNDi rose from 5.53 to 6.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, كفر البطيخ ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Dumyat and 178th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.37
Rank in Egypt
175th of 213
Rank in Dumyat
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.09
Rank in Egypt
178th of 213
Rank in Dumyat
2nd of 3

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
kfr lbTykhGhatkesarMairena del Aljarafe

In new street additions, كفر البطيخ built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ghatkesar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mairena del Aljarafe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, كفر البطيخ and Mairena del Aljarafe both became progressively more disconnected, while Ghatkesar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. كفر البطيخ and Ghatkesar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.