Bayda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bayda in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaydaAl Jabal al Akhdar (Region)Libya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bayda plotted against Al Jabal al Akhdar and Libya. The SNDi of new construction in Bayda peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Al Jabal al Akhdar which rose steadily and Libya which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Bayda's incremental SNDi fell from 2.79 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bayda ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Jabal al Akhdar and 4th out of 13 in Libya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Libya
3rd of 13
Rank in Al Jabal al Akhdar
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Libya
4th of 13
Rank in Al Jabal al Akhdar
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaydaHongjiangXichong

In new street additions, Bayda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hongjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Xichong built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bayda and Xichong both became progressively more disconnected, while Hongjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bayda and Hongjiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.