Hīt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hit in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HitAl-Anbar (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hīt plotted against Al-Anbar and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Hīt 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, Hīt's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hīt ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Al-Anbar and 32nd out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Iraq
37th of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Iraq
32nd of 86
Rank in Al-Anbar
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HitItapiraCiudad Real

In new street additions, Hīt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Itapira built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ciudad Real built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hīt and Itapira both became progressively more disconnected, while Ciudad Real grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Hīt and Ciudad Real have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.