Ar Ramtha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ar Ramtha in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ar RamthaIrbid (Region)Jordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ar Ramtha plotted against Irbid and Jordan. The SNDi of new construction in Ar Ramtha peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Irbid which peaked in 1976-1990 and Jordan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Ar Ramtha's incremental SNDi fell from 1.99 to 1.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ar Ramtha ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Irbid and 1st out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in Jordan
2nd of 16
Rank in Irbid
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Jordan
1st of 16
Rank in Irbid
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ar RamthaMisauNeemuch

While Misau and Neemuch both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ar Ramtha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ar Ramtha and Neemuch have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.