Jablah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jablah in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JablahLattakia (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jablah plotted against Lattakia and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Jablah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Lattakia which rose steadily and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jablah's incremental SNDi fell from 3.31 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jablah ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Lattakia and 26th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Syria
15th of 39
Rank in Lattakia
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Syria
26th of 39
Rank in Lattakia
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JablahOum El BouaghiLinzhang

While Oum El Bouaghi and Linzhang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jablah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Jablah and Linzhang both became progressively more disconnected, while Oum El Bouaghi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jablah had a more connected network than Oum El Bouaghi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.