Arihah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arihah 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
ArihahIdlib (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arihah plotted against Idlib and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Arihah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Idlib which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Arihah's incremental SNDi fell from 3.32 to 3.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arihah ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Idlib and 29th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in Syria
23rd of 39
Rank in Idlib
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Syria
29th of 39
Rank in Idlib
3rd of 3

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
ArihahSinjarOde-Omu

In new street additions, Arihah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sinjar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ode-Omu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Arihah and Ode-Omu both became progressively more disconnected, while Sinjar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Arihah had a more sprawly network than Ode-Omu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.