Ash Shaddaday in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ash Shaddaday in context

2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ash ShaddadayAl Hasakah (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ash Shaddaday plotted against Al Ḥasakah and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Ash Shaddaday 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, Ash Shaddaday's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ash Shaddaday ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Al Ḥasakah and 36th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Syria
24th of 39
Rank in Al Ḥasakah
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in Syria
36th of 39
Rank in Al Ḥasakah
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ash ShaddadayMajiPuyo

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