`Ar`ar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

`Ar`ar in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
`Ar`arAl Hudud ash Shamaliyah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with `Ar`ar plotted against Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah and Saudi Arabia. While Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah and Saudi Arabia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, `Ar`ar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, `Ar`ar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, `Ar`ar ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah and 13th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Saudi Arabia
10th of 44
Rank in Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Saudi Arabia
13th of 44
Rank in Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
`Ar`arHossanaXiaoyi

In new street additions, `Ar`ar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hossana built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Xiaoyi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, `Ar`ar fluctuated in connectivity, while Hossana became progressively more disconnected and Xiaoyi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. `Ar`ar and Hossana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.