Dahariz park in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dahariz park in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dahariz parkDhofar (Region)Oman (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dahariz park plotted against Dhofar and Oman. The SNDi of new construction in Dahariz park rose steadily, compared to Dhofar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Oman which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Dahariz park's incremental SNDi rose from 3.22 to 3.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dahariz park ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Dhofar and 3rd out of 9 in Oman as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in Oman
7th of 9
Rank in Dhofar
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Oman
3rd of 9
Rank in Dhofar
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dahariz parkLegionowoHavirov

In new street additions, Dahariz park and Havířov both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Legionowo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Dahariz park had a more sprawly network than Legionowo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.