Hijazah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hijazah in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HijazahQina (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hijazah plotted against Qina and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hijazah's incremental SNDi rose from 1.93 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hijazah ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Qina and 12th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Egypt
38th of 213
Rank in Qina
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in Egypt
12th of 213
Rank in Qina
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HijazahHirnaIslamnagar

In new street additions, Hijazah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hirna built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Islamnagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hijazah fluctuated in connectivity, while Hirna grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Islamnagar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Hijazah had a more sprawly network than Hirna in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.