Buraydah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buraydah in context

2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuraydahAl Qassim (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buraydah plotted against Al Qassim and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Buraydah peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Al Qassim which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Buraydah's incremental SNDi fell from 2.71 to 2.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buraydah ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Al Qassim and 14th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Saudi Arabia
9th of 44
Rank in Al Qassim
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Saudi Arabia
14th of 44
Rank in Al Qassim
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
BuraydahKaithalNzerekore

In new street additions, Buraydah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kaithal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nzérékoré built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Buraydah and Nzérékoré have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.