`Adra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

`Adra in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
`AdraRif Dimashq (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with `Adra plotted against Rif Dimashq and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in `Adra rose steadily, compared to Rif Dimashq which rose steadily and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, `Adra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.33 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, `Adra ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Rif Dimashq and 30th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in Syria
29th of 39
Rank in Rif Dimashq
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Syria
30th of 39
Rank in Rif Dimashq
3rd of 6

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
`AdraAcaciasPolewali

While Acacías and Polewali both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, `Adra built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, `Adra and Polewali both became progressively more disconnected, while Acacías fluctuated in connectivity. `Adra and Acacías have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.