Ad Dawadimi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ad Dawadimi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ad Dawadimi plotted against Ar Riyad and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Ad Dawadimi rose steadily, compared to Ar Riyad which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ad Dawadimi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.67 to 2.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ad Dawadimi ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Ar Riyad and 7th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.87
- Rank in Saudi Arabia
- 15th of 44
- Rank in Ar Riyad
- 3rd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.35
- Rank in Saudi Arabia
- 7th of 44
- Rank in Ar Riyad
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Beitian, China
- Yonan, North Korea
- Riberalta, Bolivia
- Higashimatsuyama, Japan
- Domeez, Iraq
- Oulu, Finland
In new street additions, Ad Dawadimi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Beitian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Higashimatsuyama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ad Dawadimi became progressively more disconnected, while Beitian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Higashimatsuyama fluctuated in connectivity. Ad Dawadimi and Higashimatsuyama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.