Manbij in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manbij in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manbij plotted against Aleppo and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Manbij peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Aleppo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Manbij's incremental SNDi fell from 1.91 to 1.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manbij ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Aleppo and 6th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.75
- Rank in Syria
- 3rd of 39
- Rank in Aleppo
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.65
- Rank in Syria
- 6th of 39
- Rank in Aleppo
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Arjawinangun, Indonesia
- Bagan Siapi-api, Indonesia
- Ikole, Nigeria
- Paranaguá, Brazil
- Changning, China
- Richmond, United States
In new street additions, Manbij built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Arjawinangun built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Paranaguá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.