Al Mu`abbadah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Mu`abbadah in context

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al Mu`abbadahAl Hasakah (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Mu`abbadah plotted against Al Ḥasakah and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Al Mu`abbadah was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Al Ḥasakah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Mu`abbadah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Mu`abbadah ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Al Ḥasakah and 33rd out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Syria
17th of 39
Rank in Al Ḥasakah
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Syria
33rd of 39
Rank in Al Ḥasakah
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al Mu`abbadahPangalahTurkmenbashy

While Pangalah and Turkmenbashy both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Al Mu`abbadah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Al Mu`abbadah became progressively more connected, while Pangalah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Turkmenbashy became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Al Mu`abbadah had a more sprawly network than Turkmenbashy in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.