Sabha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sabha 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
SabhaLibya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sabha plotted against Libya. The SNDi of new construction in Sabha was at its lowest in 1976-1990, while Libya peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Sabha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 2.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sabha ranked 5th out of 13 in Libya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Libya
4th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Libya
5th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SabhaPanduaKalibo

In new street additions, Sabha and Kalibo both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pandua built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sabha and Kalibo both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Pandua became progressively more disconnected. Sabha and Kalibo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.