Bishah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bishah 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
Bishah'Asir (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bishah plotted against 'Asir and Saudi Arabia. While 'Asir and Saudi Arabia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bishah's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bishah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bishah ranked 1st out of 3 cities in 'Asir and 3rd out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Saudi Arabia
6th of 44
Rank in 'Asir
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in Saudi Arabia
3rd of 44
Rank in 'Asir
1st of 3

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
BishahAnlong VengCapulhuac de Mirafuentes

In new street additions, Bishah and Anlong Veng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Capulhuac de Mirafuentes built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bishah and Capulhuac de Mirafuentes both became progressively more disconnected, while Anlong Veng fluctuated in connectivity. Bishah and Capulhuac de Mirafuentes have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.