At Ta'if in context: Street-network sprawl trends

At Ta'if in context

2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
At Ta'ifMakkah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with At Ta'if plotted against Makkah and Saudi Arabia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, At Ta'if's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, At Ta'if ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Makkah and 23rd out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Saudi Arabia
37th of 44
Rank in Makkah
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Saudi Arabia
23rd of 44
Rank in Makkah
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
At Ta'ifDeoriaSuining

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