Sidon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sidon in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SidonSouth (Region)Lebanon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sidon plotted against South and Lebanon. The SNDi of new construction in Sidon peaked in 1991-2005, compared to South which peaked in 1976-1990 and Lebanon which rose steadily. Most recently, Sidon's incremental SNDi fell from 4.01 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidon ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in South and 3rd out of 8 in Lebanon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Lebanon
4th of 8
Rank in South
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in Lebanon
3rd of 8
Rank in South
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SidonIkirunTanghe

In new street additions, Sidon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ikirun built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tanghe built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sidon and Ikirun both became progressively more disconnected, while Tanghe became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Sidon and Ikirun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.