Yanbu` in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yanbu` in context

2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Yanbu`Al Madinah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yanbu` plotted against Al Madinah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Yanbu` was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Yanbu`'s incremental SNDi rose from 2.29 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yanbu` ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Al Madinah and 10th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Saudi Arabia
8th of 44
Rank in Al Madinah
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Saudi Arabia
10th of 44
Rank in Al Madinah
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Yanbu`WuweiBeanibazar

In new street additions, Yanbu` built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Wuwei built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Beanibazar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yanbu` became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Wuwei grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Beanibazar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Yanbu` had a more sprawly network than Wuwei in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.