Latakia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Latakia in context

2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LatakiaLattakia (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Latakia plotted against Lattakia and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Latakia rose steadily, compared to Lattakia which rose steadily and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Latakia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Latakia ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Lattakia and 32nd out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.75
Rank in Syria
34th of 39
Rank in Lattakia
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Syria
32nd of 39
Rank in Lattakia
2nd of 2

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
LatakiaJalalabadConcepcion

In new street additions, Latakia built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jalalabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Concepción fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Latakia and Concepción both became progressively more disconnected, while Jalalabad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Latakia had a more sprawly network than Concepción in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.