Ali Sabieh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ali Sabieh in context

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ali SabiehDjibouti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ali Sabieh plotted against Djibouti. Both Ali Sabieh and Djibouti follow the same trend. Most recently, Ali Sabieh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 2.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ali Sabieh ranked 2nd out of 3 in Djibouti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Djibouti
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.97
Rank in Djibouti
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ali SabiehOtaruMeftah

While Otaru and Meftah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ali Sabieh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Otaru and Meftah both became progressively more disconnected, while Ali Sabieh became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ali Sabieh and Otaru have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.