Ihnasya al Madinah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ihnasya al Madinah in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ihnasya al MadinahBani Suwayf (Region)Egypt (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ihnasya al Madinah plotted against Bani Suwayf and Egypt. The SNDi of new construction in Ihnasya al Madinah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bani Suwayf which rose steadily and Egypt which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ihnasya al Madinah's incremental SNDi fell from 5.51 to 5.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ihnasya al Madinah ranked 5th out of 12 cities in Bani Suwayf and 118th out of 213 in Egypt as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.04
Rank in Egypt
136th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
6th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Egypt
118th of 213
Rank in Bani Suwayf
5th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ihnasya al MadinahKhorbrangaDengta

In new street additions, Ihnasya al Madinah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khorbranga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dengta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ihnasya al Madinah and Khorbranga both became progressively more disconnected, while Dengta grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.