At Taji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

At Taji in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
At TajiSala ad-Din (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with At Taji plotted against Sala ad-Din and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in At Taji followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Sala ad-Din which peaked in 1976-1990 and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, At Taji's incremental SNDi fell from 6.89 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, At Taji ranked 9th out of 10 cities in Sala ad-Din and 84th out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.24
Rank in Iraq
85th of 86
Rank in Sala ad-Din
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.9
Rank in Iraq
84th of 86
Rank in Sala ad-Din
9th of 10

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
At TajiCoyhaiqueTaba

In new street additions, At Taji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Coyhaique built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Taba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, At Taji fluctuated in connectivity, while Coyhaique became progressively more disconnected and Taba became progressively more connected.