Arish in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arish in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArishShamal Sina' (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arish plotted against Shamal Sina' and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Arish's incremental SNDi rose from 1.31 to 1.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arish ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Shamal Sina' and 1st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.35
Rank in Egypt
1st of 213
Rank in Shamal Sina'
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.36
Rank in Egypt
1st of 213
Rank in Shamal Sina'
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArishBethlehemVasteras

In new street additions, Arish and Västerås both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bethlehem built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Bethlehem and Västerås both became progressively more disconnected, while Arish grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Arish and Bethlehem have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.