Al Hamzah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Hamzah in context

2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al HamzahAl-Qadisiyah (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Hamzah plotted against Al-Qadisiyah and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Al Hamzah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Al-Qadisiyah which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al Hamzah's incremental SNDi fell from 3.21 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Hamzah ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Al-Qadisiyah and 61st out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Iraq
41st of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Iraq
61st of 86
Rank in Al-Qadisiyah
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al HamzahTanglaKhashm El Girba

In new street additions, Al Hamzah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tangla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Khashm El Girba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Al Hamzah fluctuated in connectivity, while Tangla became progressively more connected and Khashm El Girba became progressively more disconnected. Al Hamzah and Khashm El Girba have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.