Seeb 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 Seeb plotted against Muscat and Oman. The SNDi of new construction in Seeb followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Muscat which peaked in 1991-2005 and Oman which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Seeb's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Seeb ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Muscat and 6th 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?

• Arrah, India
• Kerman, Iran
• Hapur, India
• Taizhou, China
• Jixi, China
• Matamoros, México

In new street additions, Seeb fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arrah built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Taizhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Seeb fluctuated in connectivity, while Arrah became progressively more disconnected and Taizhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Seeb and Arrah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.