Mota in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mota plotted against Karak and Jordan. The SNDi of new construction in Mota 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, Mota's incremental SNDi rose from 1.86 to 2.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mota ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Karak and 2nd out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Basirpur, Pakistan
• Yunhe County, China
• Tillabéri, Niger
• Sidhi, India
• Tubhar, Egypt
• Lanxi, China

In new street additions, Mota built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Basirpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sidhi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mota became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Basirpur fluctuated in connectivity and Sidhi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mota and Basirpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.