Banha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banha 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
BanhaAl Qalyubiyah (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banha plotted against Al Qalyubiyah and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Banha rose steadily, compared to Al Qalyubiyah which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Banha's incremental SNDi rose from 5.21 to 5.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banha ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Al Qalyubiyah and 168th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.22
Rank in Egypt
142nd of 213
Rank in Al Qalyubiyah
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.65
Rank in Egypt
168th of 213
Rank in Al Qalyubiyah
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanhaVisakhapatnamBareilly

Banha, Visakhapatnam, and Bareilly all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.