Jubayt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jubayt plotted against Red Sea and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Jubayt followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Red Sea which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jubayt's incremental SNDi fell from 2.53 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jubayt ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Red Sea and 58th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Lund, Sweden
• Mahwal, India
• Shaikh Muhammad, Iraq
• Al-Hirah, Iraq
• Fangcheng, China
• Paliganj, India

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