Haditha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Haditha in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HadithaAl-Anbar (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haditha plotted against Al-Anbar and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Haditha fell steadily, compared to Al-Anbar which peaked in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Haditha's incremental SNDi fell from 3.41 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haditha ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Al-Anbar and 77th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Iraq
35th of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Iraq
77th of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HadithaBanyoBatouri

In new street additions, Haditha built increasingly connected streets over time, while Banyo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Batouri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Haditha became progressively more connected, while Banyo fluctuated in connectivity and Batouri became progressively more disconnected. Haditha and Batouri have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.