Al Ismailiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Ismailiya 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
Al IsmailiyaAl Isma`iliyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Ismailiya plotted against Al Isma`iliyah and Egypt. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Ismailiya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.5 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Ismailiya ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Isma`iliyah and 23rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in Egypt
34th of 213
Rank in Al Isma`iliyah
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Egypt
23rd of 213
Rank in Al Isma`iliyah
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al IsmailiyaAnkangRampur

In new street additions, Ankang and Rampur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Ismailiya fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al Ismailiya and Ankang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.