Tyre in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tyre in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TyreSouth (Region)Lebanon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tyre plotted against South and Lebanon. The SNDi of new construction in Tyre peaked in 1991-2005, compared to South which peaked in 1976-1990 and Lebanon which rose steadily. Most recently, Tyre's incremental SNDi fell from 3.82 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tyre ranked 1st out of 2 cities in South and 2nd out of 8 in Lebanon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Lebanon
2nd of 8
Rank in South
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in Lebanon
2nd of 8
Rank in South
1st 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
TyreSupaulHelsingborg

In new street additions, Tyre and Helsingborg both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Supaul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tyre and Helsingborg both became progressively more disconnected, while Supaul became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tyre and Supaul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.