Afak in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Afak in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AfakAl-Qadisiyah (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Afak plotted against Al-Qadisiyah and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Afak fell steadily, compared to Al-Qadisiyah which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Afak's incremental SNDi fell from 1.69 to 1.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Afak ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Al-Qadisiyah and 9th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.57
Rank in Iraq
7th of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in Iraq
9th of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AfakGouderKashmar

In new street additions, Afak built increasingly connected streets over time, while Gouder built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kashmar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Afak and Kashmar both became progressively more connected, while Gouder became progressively more disconnected. Afak and Gouder have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.