Marsa Matruh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Marsa Matruh in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Marsa MatruhMatrouh (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marsa Matruh plotted against Matrouh and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Marsa Matruh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marsa Matruh ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Matrouh and 35th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Egypt
13th of 213
Rank in Matrouh
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Egypt
35th of 213
Rank in Matrouh
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Marsa MatruhBatumiLingling

While Batumi and Lingling both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Marsa Matruh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Marsa Matruh and Batumi both became progressively more disconnected, while Lingling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Marsa Matruh had a more sprawly network than Batumi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.