Afrin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Afrin in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AfrinAleppo (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Afrin plotted against Aleppo and Syria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Afrin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.93 to 2.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Afrin ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Aleppo and 10th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Syria
8th of 39
Rank in Aleppo
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Syria
10th of 39
Rank in Aleppo
3rd of 7

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
AfrinCheria BariarpurEl Gadeeda

In new street additions, Afrin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Cheria Bariarpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and El Gadeeda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Afrin and El Gadeeda both became progressively more disconnected, while Cheria Bariarpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Afrin and El Gadeeda have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.