Hafar Al-Batin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hafar Al-Batin in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hafar Al-BatinAsh-Sharqiyah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hafar Al-Batin plotted against Ash-Sharqīyah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Hafar Al-Batin rose steadily, compared to Ash-Sharqīyah which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hafar Al-Batin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.63 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hafar Al-Batin ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Ash-Sharqīyah and 12th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Saudi Arabia
11th of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Saudi Arabia
12th of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
3rd of 9

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
Hafar Al-BatinRio BrancoTacoma

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