Sidi Salim in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sidi Salim in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sidi SalimKafr ash Shaykh (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sidi Salim plotted against Kafr ash Shaykh and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Sidi Salim 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, Sidi Salim's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidi Salim ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Kafr ash Shaykh and 20th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Egypt
18th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Egypt
20th of 213
Rank in Kafr ash Shaykh
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sidi SalimNabadwipXiyang

In new street additions, Sidi Salim built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nabadwip built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Xiyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sidi Salim and Nabadwip both became progressively more disconnected, while Xiyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Sidi Salim had a more connected network than Xiyang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.