As Sayh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

As Sayh in context

2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
As SayhAr Riyad (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with As Sayh plotted against Ar Riyad and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in As Sayh peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ar Riyad which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, As Sayh's incremental SNDi fell from 3.0 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, As Sayh ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Ar Riyad and 16th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Saudi Arabia
17th of 44
Rank in Ar Riyad
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Saudi Arabia
16th of 44
Rank in Ar Riyad
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
As SayhGejiuPotosi

In new street additions, As Sayh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gejiu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Potosí fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, As Sayh and Gejiu both became progressively more disconnected, while Potosí fluctuated in connectivity. As Sayh and Gejiu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.