Husn in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Husn in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HusnIrbid (Region)Jordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Husn plotted against Irbid and Jordan. While Irbid and Jordan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, Husn's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Husn's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Husn ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Irbid and 4th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Jordan
6th of 16
Rank in Irbid
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.97
Rank in Jordan
4th of 16
Rank in Irbid
3rd 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
HusnZhenlaiShabunda

In new street additions, Husn fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhenlai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Shabunda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Husn became progressively more disconnected, while Zhenlai became progressively more connected and Shabunda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Husn had a more connected network than Zhenlai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.