Manama in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manama in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManamaNorthern (Region)Bahrain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manama plotted against Northern and Bahrain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Manama's incremental SNDi fell from 3.8 to 3.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manama ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Northern and 1st out of 1 in Bahrain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in Bahrain
1st of 1
Rank in Northern
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Bahrain
1st of 1
Rank in Northern
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManamaGuwahatiMombasa

In new street additions, Manama and Mombasa both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Guwahati built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.