Wadi Ad Dawasir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wadi Ad Dawasir plotted against Ar Riyad and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Wadi Ad Dawasir peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Ar Riyad which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wadi Ad Dawasir's incremental SNDi fell from 2.63 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wadi Ad Dawasir ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Ar Riyad and 18th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Barari, India
• Shuzi, China
• Hezhang, China
• Kochas, India
• Cannock, United Kingdom
• Jatilawang, Indonesia

In new street additions, Wadi Ad Dawasir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Barari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kochas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Wadi Ad Dawasir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Barari became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Kochas became progressively more disconnected. Wadi Ad Dawasir and Kochas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.