Sohar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sohar in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SoharAl Batinah North (Region)Oman (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sohar plotted against Al Batinah North and Oman. The SNDi of new construction in Sohar was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Al Batinah North which peaked in 1991-2005 and Oman which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Sohar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 4.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sohar ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Batinah North and 4th out of 9 in Oman as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.23
Rank in Oman
8th of 9
Rank in Al Batinah North
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Oman
4th of 9
Rank in Al Batinah North
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SoharGunguOrebro

In new street additions, Sohar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Gungu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Örebro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sohar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gungu became progressively more disconnected and Örebro grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.