Al-Buraimi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Buraimi plotted against Al Buraymi and Oman. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al-Buraimi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.46 to 2.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Buraimi ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Al Buraymi and 5th out of 9 in Oman as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Khanke Mod, Pakistan
• Athani, India
• Mianchi, China
• Longmen, China
• Khagrachhari, Bangladesh
• Gouder, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Al-Buraimi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khanke Mod built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Longmen built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Al-Buraimi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khanke Mod became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Longmen became progressively more disconnected. Al-Buraimi and Longmen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.