Kuwait City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kuwait City in context

2.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kuwait CityAl Farwaniyah (Region)Kuwait (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuwait City plotted against Al Farwaniyah and Kuwait. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kuwait City's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuwait City ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Farwaniyah and 2nd out of 3 in Kuwait as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Kuwait
3rd of 3
Rank in Al Farwaniyah
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Kuwait
2nd of 3
Rank in Al Farwaniyah
1st of 1

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
Kuwait CityDakarWashington

In new street additions, Kuwait City and Dakar both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Washington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kuwait City and Washington both became progressively more disconnected, while Dakar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kuwait City and Washington have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.