Tall al Bahnasa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tall al Bahnasa 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
Tall al BahnasaAl Minya (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tall al Bahnasa plotted against Al Minya and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Tall al Bahnasa rose steadily, compared to Al Minya which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tall al Bahnasa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.55 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tall al Bahnasa ranked 12th out of 24 cities in Al Minya and 141st out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.29
Rank in Egypt
147th of 213
Rank in Al Minya
12th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Egypt
141st of 213
Rank in Al Minya
12th of 24

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
Tall al BahnasaJetisayPuraini

In new street additions, Tall al Bahnasa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jetisay built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Puraini fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tall al Bahnasa became progressively more disconnected, while Jetisay grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Puraini became progressively more disconnected.