Al-Shatrah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Shatrah in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-ShatrahDhi-Qar (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Shatrah plotted against Dhi-Qar and Iraq. While Dhi-Qar and Iraq both peaked in 1976-1990, Al-Shatrah's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al-Shatrah's incremental SNDi fell from 2.08 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Shatrah ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Dhi-Qar and 27th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Iraq
15th of 86
Rank in Dhi-Qar
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Iraq
27th of 86
Rank in Dhi-Qar
4th of 8

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-ShatrahPalanpurAydin

While Palanpur and Aydin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Al-Shatrah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Palanpur and Aydin both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Shatrah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Al-Shatrah and Palanpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.