Madaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madaba in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadabaJordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madaba plotted against Jordan. Both Madaba and Jordan follow the same trend. Most recently, Madaba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madaba ranked 6th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Jordan
5th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Jordan
6th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadabaGudivadaBirjand

In new street additions, Madaba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gudivada built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Birjand built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Madaba and Gudivada both became progressively more disconnected, while Birjand became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Madaba and Gudivada have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.