Saad Al-Abdulla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Saad Al-Abdulla in context

2.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Saad Al-AbdullaAl Jahrah (Region)Kuwait (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saad Al-Abdulla plotted against Al Jahrah and Kuwait. While Al Jahrah and Kuwait both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Saad Al-Abdulla's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Saad Al-Abdulla's incremental SNDi rose from 2.05 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saad Al-Abdulla ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Al Jahrah and 1st out of 3 in Kuwait as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in Kuwait
2nd of 3
Rank in Al Jahrah
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Kuwait
1st of 3
Rank in Al Jahrah
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.61.21.82.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.61.21.82.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Saad Al-AbdullaPhulidumarNigde

In new street additions, Saad Al-Abdulla and Niğde both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Phulidumar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Saad Al-Abdulla fluctuated in connectivity, while Phulidumar fluctuated in connectivity and Niğde became progressively more disconnected. Saad Al-Abdulla and Phulidumar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.