Al Mishkhab in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Mishkhab in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al MishkhabAn-Najaf (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Mishkhab plotted against An-Najaf and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Al Mishkhab was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to An-Najaf which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al Mishkhab's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Mishkhab ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in An-Najaf and 41st out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Iraq
49th of 86
Rank in An-Najaf
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in Iraq
41st of 86
Rank in An-Najaf
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al MishkhabMasasiKoro

In new street additions, Al Mishkhab and Koro both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Masasi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Al Mishkhab and Koro both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Masasi became progressively more disconnected. Al Mishkhab and Masasi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.