Abnud in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abnud in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbnudQina (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abnud plotted against Qina and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Abnud rose steadily, compared to Qina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abnud's incremental SNDi rose from 7.29 to 9.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abnud ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Qina and 193rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.26
Rank in Egypt
207th of 213
Rank in Qina
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.9
Rank in Egypt
193rd of 213
Rank in Qina
7th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbnudFeroze WattwanBirnin Kudu

While Feroze Wattwan and Birnin Kudu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Abnud built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Abnud and Feroze Wattwan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.