Dayr Abu Hinnis in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dayr Abu Hinnis in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dayr Abu HinnisAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dayr Abu Hinnis plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Dayr Abu Hinnis rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dayr Abu Hinnis's incremental SNDi rose from 8.43 to 9.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dayr Abu Hinnis ranked 24th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 209th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.04
Rank in Egypt
205th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
23rd of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.43
Rank in Egypt
209th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
24th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dayr Abu HinnisXinchengHarapanahalli

In new street additions, Dayr Abu Hinnis built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xincheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Harapanahalli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dayr Abu Hinnis became progressively more disconnected, while Xincheng became progressively more connected and Harapanahalli became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Dayr Abu Hinnis had a more connected network than Xincheng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.