El-Usayrat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El-Usayrat in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El-UsayratSuhaj (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El-Usayrat plotted against Suhaj and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in El-Usayrat rose steadily, compared to Suhaj which peaked in 1991-2005 and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El-Usayrat's incremental SNDi rose from 7.29 to 8.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El-Usayrat ranked 10th out of 13 cities in Suhaj and 185th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.23
Rank in Egypt
198th of 213
Rank in Suhaj
12th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.45
Rank in Egypt
185th of 213
Rank in Suhaj
10th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El-UsayratWarringtonQionghai

In new street additions, El-Usayrat built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Warrington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qionghai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El-Usayrat and Warrington both became progressively more disconnected, while Qionghai fluctuated in connectivity. El-Usayrat and Qionghai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.