Abu Bisht in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abu Bisht in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu BishtAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abu Bisht plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Abu Bisht peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abu Bisht's incremental SNDi fell from 4.46 to 4.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abu Bisht ranked 9th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 123rd out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in Egypt
90th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
4th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Egypt
123rd of 213
Rank in Al Minya
9th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu BishtMankwengYutai

In new street additions, Abu Bisht built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mankweng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yutai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Abu Bisht and Mankweng both became progressively more disconnected, while Yutai became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.