Qaladiza in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qaladiza in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qaladiza plotted against As-Sulaymaniyah and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Qaladiza was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to As-Sulaymaniyah which peaked in 1976-1990 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Qaladiza's incremental SNDi rose from 1.54 to 1.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qaladiza ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in As-Sulaymaniyah and 4th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.6
- Rank in Iraq
- 8th of 86
- Rank in As-Sulaymaniyah
- 2nd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.68
- Rank in Iraq
- 4th of 86
- Rank in As-Sulaymaniyah
- 2nd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Patiirwa and Kpando both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Qaladiza built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Qaladiza became progressively more connected, while Patiirwa became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Kpando became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Qaladiza and Kpando have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.