Ad Diwaniyah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ad Diwaniyah in context

2.12.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ad DiwaniyahAl-Qadisiyah (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ad Diwaniyah plotted against Al-Qadisiyah and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Ad Diwaniyah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Al-Qadisiyah which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Ad Diwaniyah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ad Diwaniyah ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Al-Qadisiyah and 28th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Iraq
63rd of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Iraq
28th of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ad DiwaniyahBukavuTshikapa

In new street additions, Ad Diwaniyah and Tshikapa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bukavu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ad Diwaniyah and Tshikapa both became progressively more disconnected, while Bukavu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ad Diwaniyah and Tshikapa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.