Darnah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Darnah in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DarnahLibya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Darnah plotted against Libya. The SNDi of new construction in Darnah fell steadily, while Libya peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Darnah's incremental SNDi fell from 4.66 to 2.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Darnah ranked 13th out of 13 in Libya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.94
Rank in Libya
5th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.19
Rank in Libya
13th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DarnahZagatalaNakhon Phanom

In new street additions, Darnah built increasingly connected streets over time, while Zagatala built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nakhon Phanom built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Darnah became progressively more connected, while Zagatala became progressively more disconnected and Nakhon Phanom became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.