Medina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Medina in context

33.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MedinaAl Madinah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Medina plotted against Al Madinah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Medina rose steadily, compared to Al Madinah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Medina's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Medina ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Al Madinah and 34th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Saudi Arabia
35th of 44
Rank in Al Madinah
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Saudi Arabia
34th of 44
Rank in Al Madinah
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MedinaCiudad JuarezMehsi

In new street additions, Medina built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ciudad Juárez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mehsi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.