Al-Rifa'i in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Rifa'i 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
Al-Rifa'iDhi-Qar (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Rifa'i plotted against Dhi-Qar and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Al-Rifa'i followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Dhi-Qar which fell steadily and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al-Rifa'i's incremental SNDi fell from 2.54 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Rifa'i ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Dhi-Qar and 37th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Iraq
21st of 86
Rank in Dhi-Qar
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Iraq
37th of 86
Rank in Dhi-Qar
6th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

00.91.82.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
00.91.82.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-Rifa'iTaitungMahgawan

While Taitung and Mahgawan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Al-Rifa'i fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Al-Rifa'i became progressively more connected, while Taitung became progressively more disconnected and Mahgawan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Al-Rifa'i and Taitung have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.