Dishna in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dishna in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dishna plotted against Qina and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Dishna 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, Dishna's incremental SNDi rose from 6.04 to 12.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dishna ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Qina and 189th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.57
- Rank in Egypt
- 213th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 8th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.63
- Rank in Egypt
- 189th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 6th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Pakse and Uribia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Dishna built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Dishna became progressively more disconnected, while Pakse fluctuated in connectivity and Uribia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.