Beni Adi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beni Adi plotted against Asyut and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Beni Adi was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Asyut which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Beni Adi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.93 to 2.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beni Adi ranked 1st out of 18 cities in Asyut and 11th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Lhokseumawe, Indonesia
• Kampong Pulau Melayu, Malaysia
• Kuala Simpang, Indonesia
• Suijiang, China
• Fengfeng, China
• Gangarampur, India

In new street additions, Beni Adi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lhokseumawe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Suijiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Beni Adi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Lhokseumawe became progressively more disconnected and Suijiang became progressively more connected. Beni Adi and Lhokseumawe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.