Maarrat al-Nu'man in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maarrat al-Nu'man in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Maarrat al-Nu'manIdlib (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maarrat al-Nu'man plotted against Idlib and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Maarrat al-Nu'man peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Maarrat al-Nu'man's incremental SNDi fell from 2.12 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maarrat al-Nu'man ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Idlib and 15th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Syria
7th of 39
Rank in Idlib
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Syria
15th of 39
Rank in Idlib
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Maarrat al-Nu'manMaoPatrocinio

In new street additions, Maarrat al-Nu'man built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Patrocínio built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Maarrat al-Nu'man and Patrocínio both became progressively more disconnected, while Mao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.