Al-Bab in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Bab in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-BabAleppo (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Bab plotted against Aleppo and Syria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al-Bab's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 3.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Bab ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Aleppo and 18th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Syria
21st of 39
Rank in Aleppo
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Syria
18th of 39
Rank in Aleppo
4th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-BabIlagaBabathan

In new street additions, Al-Bab fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ilaga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Babathan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Al-Bab became progressively more disconnected, while Ilaga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Babathan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.