Sharurah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sharurah 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
SharurahNajran (Region)Saudi Arabia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sharurah plotted against Najran and Saudi Arabia. The SNDi of new construction in Sharurah was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Najran which peaked in 1991-2005 and Saudi Arabia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sharurah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.29 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sharurah ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Najran and 5th out of 44 in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Saudi Arabia
14th of 44
Rank in Najran
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Saudi Arabia
5th of 44
Rank in Najran
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SharurahSanta Cruz do SulCianting Utara

While Santa Cruz do Sul and Cianting Utara both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Sharurah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Santa Cruz do Sul and Cianting Utara both became progressively more disconnected, while Sharurah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Sharurah had a more sprawly network than Santa Cruz do Sul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.