Beni Suef in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beni Suef in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni SuefBani Suwayf (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beni Suef plotted against Bani Suwayf and Egypt. While Bani Suwayf and Egypt both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Beni Suef's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Beni Suef's incremental SNDi rose from 3.32 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beni Suef ranked 2nd out of 12 cities in Bani Suwayf and 84th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Egypt
54th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
3rd of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in Egypt
84th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
2nd of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni SuefChiang MaiQuebec

In new street additions, Beni Suef fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chiang Mai built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Quebec built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Beni Suef and Chiang Mai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.