Bahrah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bahrah in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahrahMakkah (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bahrah plotted against Makkah and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Bahrah rose steadily, compared to Makkah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bahrah's incremental SNDi rose from 3.93 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bahrah ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Makkah and 39th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in Saudi Arabia
42nd of 44
Rank in Makkah
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Saudi Arabia
39th of 44
Rank in Makkah
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahrahAl KhalidiyahPokaran

In new street additions, Bahrah built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Khalidiyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pokaran built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bahrah became progressively more disconnected, while Al Khalidiyah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Pokaran grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bahrah had a more connected network than Al Khalidiyah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.