Khamis Mushayt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khamis Mushayt in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khamis Mushayt'Asir (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khamis Mushayt plotted against 'Asir and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Khamis Mushayt rose steadily, compared to 'Asir which rose steadily and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khamis Mushayt's incremental SNDi rose from 3.73 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khamis Mushayt ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in 'Asir and 32nd out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Saudi Arabia
36th of 44
Rank in 'Asir
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in Saudi Arabia
32nd of 44
Rank in 'Asir
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khamis MushaytLangfangYuyao

In new street additions, Khamis Mushayt and Langfang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yuyao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khamis Mushayt and Langfang both became progressively more disconnected, while Yuyao fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Khamis Mushayt had a more sprawly network than Langfang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.