Beni Mazar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beni Mazar in context

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni MazarAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beni Mazar plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Beni Mazar 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, Beni Mazar's incremental SNDi fell from 3.55 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beni Mazar ranked 6th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 97th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Egypt
37th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
1st of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in Egypt
97th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
6th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni MazarTriesteWheaton

In new street additions, Beni Mazar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Trieste fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wheaton built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Trieste and Wheaton both became progressively more disconnected, while Beni Mazar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Beni Mazar had a more connected network than Trieste in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.