الفاروق in context: Street-network sprawl trends

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33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
lfrwqAsh-Sharqiyah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with الفاروق plotted against Ash-Sharqīyah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in الفاروق fell steadily, compared to Ash-Sharqīyah which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, الفاروق's incremental SNDi fell from 4.2 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, الفاروق ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Ash-Sharqīyah and 43rd out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Saudi Arabia
26th of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.46
Rank in Saudi Arabia
43rd of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
lfrwqHuolongJi-Parana

In new street additions, الفاروق built increasingly connected streets over time, while Huolong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ji-Paraná fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, الفاروق and Huolong both became progressively more connected, while Ji-Paraná became progressively more disconnected. الفاروق and Huolong have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.