Abu Kamal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abu Kamal plotted against Dayr Az Zawr and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Abu Kamal rose steadily, compared to Dayr Az Zawr which rose steadily and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abu Kamal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.82 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abu Kamal ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Dayr Az Zawr and 9th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath, Bangladesh
• Darwha, India
• Kafue, Zambia
• Silay, Philippines
• Balipara, Bangladesh
• Elda, Spain

In new street additions, Abu Kamal built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Silay fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Abu Kamal became progressively more disconnected, while বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Silay fluctuated in connectivity. Abu Kamal and বিশ্বনাথ - Biswanath have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.