Shaikh Muhammad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shaikh Muhammad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shaikh Muhammad plotted against Ninawa and Iraq. While Ninawa and Iraq both peaked in 1976-1990, Shaikh Muhammad's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Shaikh Muhammad's incremental SNDi fell from 5.89 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shaikh Muhammad ranked 12th out of 12 cities in Ninawa and 85th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.97
- Rank in Iraq
- 83rd of 86
- Rank in Ninawa
- 11th of 12
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.98
- Rank in Iraq
- 85th of 86
- Rank in Ninawa
- 12th of 12
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shaikh Muhammad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dhuri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mahwal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shaikh Muhammad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dhuri became progressively more disconnected and Mahwal fluctuated in connectivity. Shaikh Muhammad and Mahwal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.