Qus in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qus in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qus plotted against Qina and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Qus's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 7.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qus ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Qina and 177th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.66
- Rank in Egypt
- 189th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 5th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.04
- Rank in Egypt
- 177th of 213
- Rank in Qina
- 5th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Qus and Berkane both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Paradip built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Qus fluctuated in connectivity, while Paradip grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Berkane became progressively more disconnected. Qus and Paradip have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.