Al Mifarragiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al Mifarragiya in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Mifarragiya plotted against Qina and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Mifarragiya's incremental SNDi rose from 7.2 to 10.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Mifarragiya ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Qina and 206th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.3
- Rank in Egypt
- 212th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.34
- Rank in Egypt
- 206th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Avignon, France
- Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Волгогрэс, Russia
- Rank, India
- Tartu, Estonia
- Lancaster, United States
In new street additions, Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Avignon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Rank built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in connectivity, while Avignon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Rank became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.