Al Khalidiyah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Khalidiyah in context

2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KhalidiyahAl-Anbar (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Khalidiyah plotted against Al-Anbar and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Al Khalidiyah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Al-Anbar which peaked in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al Khalidiyah's incremental SNDi fell from 2.81 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Khalidiyah ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Al-Anbar and 53rd out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Iraq
47th of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Iraq
53rd of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KhalidiyahBalingasagBahrah

While Balingasag and Bahrah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Al Khalidiyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Balingasag and Bahrah both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Khalidiyah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Al Khalidiyah had a more sprawly network than Balingasag in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.