Al Salt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Salt in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al SaltBalqa (Region)Jordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Salt plotted against Balqa and Jordan. The SNDi of new construction in Al Salt was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Balqa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Jordan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Al Salt's incremental SNDi rose from 4.62 to 4.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Salt ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Balqa and 16th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.76
Rank in Jordan
16th of 16
Rank in Balqa
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.84
Rank in Jordan
16th of 16
Rank in Balqa
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al SaltJebel AuliaKamianets-Podilskyi

In new street additions, Al Salt built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Jebel Aulia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kamianets-Podilskyi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Jebel Aulia and Kamianets-Podilskyi both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Salt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.