As Suwayrah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

As Suwayrah in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
As SuwayrahWasit (Region)Iraq (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with As Suwayrah plotted against Wasit and Iraq. The SNDi of new construction in As Suwayrah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Wasit which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Iraq which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, As Suwayrah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, As Suwayrah ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Wasit and 21st out of 86 in Iraq as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Iraq
30th of 86
Rank in Wasit
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Iraq
21st of 86
Rank in Wasit
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
As SuwayrahQuiborGolbasi

While Quíbor and Gölbaşı both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, As Suwayrah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, As Suwayrah and Quíbor both became progressively more disconnected, while Gölbaşı grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, As Suwayrah had a more sprawly network than Quíbor in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.