Al `Aziziyah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al `Aziziyah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al `Aziziyah plotted against Ash-Sharqīyah and Saudi Arabia. While Ash-Sharqīyah and Saudi Arabia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al `Aziziyah's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al `Aziziyah's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al `Aziziyah ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Ash-Sharqīyah and 42nd out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.67
- Rank in Saudi Arabia
- 41st of 44
- Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
- 8th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.06
- Rank in Saudi Arabia
- 42nd of 44
- Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
- 7th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Al `Aziziyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Safidon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pa Tong built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Safidon and Pa Tong both became progressively more disconnected, while Al `Aziziyah fluctuated in connectivity. Al `Aziziyah and Safidon have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.