Bani Bakhit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bani Bakhit in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bani BakhitBani Suwayf (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bani Bakhit plotted against Bani Suwayf and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Bani Bakhit was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Bani Suwayf which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bani Bakhit's incremental SNDi rose from 4.03 to 4.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bani Bakhit ranked 7th out of 12 cities in Bani Suwayf and 128th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.44
Rank in Egypt
115th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
4th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in Egypt
128th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
7th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bani BakhitKuraKamensk-Uralsky

In new street additions, Bani Bakhit built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kamensk-Uralsky built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kura and Kamensk-Uralsky both became progressively more disconnected, while Bani Bakhit became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Bani Bakhit and Kamensk-Uralsky have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.