Borj Al Burullous in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Borj Al Burullous 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
Borj Al BurullousKafr ash Shaykh (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Borj Al Burullous plotted against Kafr ash Shaykh and Egypt. While Kafr ash Shaykh and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Borj Al Burullous's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Borj Al Burullous's incremental SNDi rose from 1.57 to 2.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Borj Al Burullous ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Kafr ash Shaykh and 15th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in Egypt
17th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Egypt
15th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Borj Al BurullousPeixianBraila

In new street additions, Borj Al Burullous fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Peixian built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Brăila built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Borj Al Burullous fluctuated in connectivity, while Peixian became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Brăila became progressively more disconnected. Borj Al Burullous and Brăila have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.