Amman in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Amman in context

2.62.833.23.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.62.833.23.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmmanJordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amman plotted against Jordan. Both Amman and Jordan follow the same trend. Most recently, Amman's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amman ranked 9th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Jordan
11th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Jordan
9th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmmanNairobiLucknow

In new street additions, Amman and Lucknow both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nairobi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Amman and Lucknow both became progressively more disconnected, while Nairobi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Amman and Lucknow have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.