Al Karak in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Karak in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KarakKarak (Region)Jordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Karak plotted against Karak and Jordan. The SNDi of new construction in Al Karak was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Karak which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Jordan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Al Karak's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Karak ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Karak and 12th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in Jordan
9th of 16
Rank in Karak
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Jordan
12th of 16
Rank in Karak
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KarakTamiyaTujmazy

In new street additions, Al Karak built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tamiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tujmazy fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Al Karak became progressively more connected, while Tamiya grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tujmazy fluctuated in connectivity. Al Karak and Tamiya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.