Beni Muhammadiyat 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 Muhammadiyat plotted against Asyut and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Beni Muhammadiyat 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 Muhammadiyat's incremental SNDi rose from 7.32 to 7.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beni Muhammadiyat ranked 18th out of 18 cities in Asyut and 202nd 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?

• Anpara, India
• Shahrasti, Bangladesh
• Seoni, India
• Lago Norte, Brazil
• Mallanwan, India
• Yuncheng, China

In new street additions, Beni Muhammadiyat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Anpara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lago Norte built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Beni Muhammadiyat became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Anpara became progressively more disconnected and Lago Norte grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Beni Muhammadiyat and Lago Norte have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.