Al Wakrah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Wakrah in context

2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al WakrahQatar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Wakrah plotted against Qatar. The SNDi of new construction in Al Wakrah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Qatar peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Al Wakrah's incremental SNDi fell from 2.62 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Wakrah ranked 2nd out of 4 in Qatar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Qatar
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Qatar
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al WakrahTekirdagAlbacete

In new street additions, Al Wakrah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tekirdağ fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Albacete built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tekirdağ and Albacete both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Wakrah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.