Esna in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Esna in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EsnaQina (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Esna plotted against Qina and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Esna 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, Esna's incremental SNDi rose from 3.94 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Esna ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Qina and 96th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Egypt
87th of 213
Rank in Qina
3rd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Egypt
96th of 213
Rank in Qina
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EsnaManihariMaidstone

Esna, Manihari, and Maidstone all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Esna and Manihari have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.