Qaryat Jarf al Milh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qaryat Jarf al Milh in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Qaryat Jarf al MilhNinawa (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qaryat Jarf al Milh plotted against Ninawa and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in Qaryat Jarf al Milh peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ninawa which peaked in 1991-2005 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Qaryat Jarf al Milh's incremental SNDi fell from 6.09 to 5.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qaryat Jarf al Milh ranked 11th out of 12 cities in Ninawa and 83rd out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.8
Rank in Iraq
86th of 86
Rank in Ninawa
12th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.18
Rank in Iraq
83rd of 86
Rank in Ninawa
11th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Qaryat Jarf al MilhMajeneYixian

In new street additions, Qaryat Jarf al Milh and Majene both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yixian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Qaryat Jarf al Milh and Majene both became progressively more disconnected, while Yixian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Qaryat Jarf al Milh and Yixian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.