Bardarash in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bardarash in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BardarashNinawa (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bardarash plotted against Ninawa and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Bardarash followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ninawa which peaked in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Bardarash's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bardarash ranked 2nd out of 12 cities in Ninawa and 8th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Iraq
13th of 86
Rank in Ninawa
2nd of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Iraq
8th of 86
Rank in Ninawa
2nd of 12

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
BardarashBiakatoHabswein

In new street additions, Bardarash and Biakato both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Habswein built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bardarash became progressively more disconnected, while Biakato fluctuated in connectivity and Habswein became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Bardarash had a more sprawly network than Habswein in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.