Kafr Al Sheikh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kafr Al Sheikh in context

22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kafr Al SheikhKafr ash Shaykh (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kafr Al Sheikh plotted against Kafr ash Shaykh and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Kafr Al Sheikh rose steadily, compared to Kafr ash Shaykh which peaked in 1991-2005 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kafr Al Sheikh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kafr Al Sheikh ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Kafr ash Shaykh and 25th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Egypt
15th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Egypt
25th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
4th of 7

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
Kafr Al SheikhMission ViejoSahebganj

In new street additions, Kafr Al Sheikh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mission Viejo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sahebganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kafr Al Sheikh and Mission Viejo both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahebganj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.