Al Khor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Khor in context

2.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KhorQatar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Khor plotted against Qatar. The SNDi of new construction in Al Khor followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Qatar peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Al Khor's incremental SNDi fell from 2.87 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Khor ranked 3rd out of 4 in Qatar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Qatar
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Qatar
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al KhorMohlakengAru

In new street additions, Al Khor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mohlakeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Aru built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Al Khor became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Mohlakeng fluctuated in connectivity and Aru became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Al Khor had a more sprawly network than Aru in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.