Ra's Tannurah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ra's Tannurah 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
Ra's TannurahAsh-Sharqiyah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ra's Tannurah plotted against Ash-Sharqīyah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Ra's Tannurah rose steadily, compared to Ash-Sharqīyah which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ra's Tannurah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 2.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ra's Tannurah ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Ash-Sharqīyah and 4th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in Saudi Arabia
16th of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Saudi Arabia
4th of 44
Rank in Ash-Sharqīyah
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ra's TannurahTshilengeNeuchatel

In new street additions, Ra's Tannurah built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tshilenge built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Neuchâtel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ra's Tannurah and Neuchâtel both became progressively more disconnected, while Tshilenge became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ra's Tannurah and Tshilenge have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.