Al-Zabadani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Zabadani in context

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-ZabadaniRif Dimashq (Region)Syria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Zabadani plotted against Rif Dimashq and Syria. While Rif Dimashq and Syria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al-Zabadani's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Zabadani's incremental SNDi rose from 3.6 to 5.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Zabadani ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Rif Dimashq and 38th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.53
Rank in Syria
37th of 39
Rank in Rif Dimashq
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in Syria
38th of 39
Rank in Rif Dimashq
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-ZabadaniBemetaraModi'in Illit

In new street additions, Al-Zabadani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bemetara built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Modi'in Illit built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Al-Zabadani fluctuated in connectivity, while Bemetara became progressively more disconnected and Modi'in Illit grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Al-Zabadani and Bemetara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.