Nabatieh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nabatieh in context

4.24.95.66.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.95.66.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NabatiehNabatiyeh (Region)Lebanon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nabatieh plotted against Nabatiyeh and Lebanon. The SNDi of new construction in Nabatieh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Nabatiyeh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Lebanon which rose steadily. Most recently, Nabatieh's incremental SNDi fell from 4.55 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nabatieh ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nabatiyeh and 7th out of 8 in Lebanon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in Lebanon
5th of 8
Rank in Nabatiyeh
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in Lebanon
7th of 8
Rank in Nabatiyeh
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NabatiehAl AyyatFresnillo

In new street additions, Nabatieh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Ayyat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Fresnillo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Nabatieh became progressively more connected, while Al Ayyat became progressively more disconnected and Fresnillo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Nabatieh had a more sprawly network than Al Ayyat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.