Qudsayya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qudsayya plotted against Rif Dimashq and Syria. The SNDi of new construction in Qudsayya peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rif Dimashq which rose steadily and Syria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qudsayya's incremental SNDi fell from 5.31 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qudsayya ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Rif Dimashq and 39th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chhibramau, India
• Pali, India
• San Pablo, Philippines
• Yuhuan, China
• Al-Wasitah, Egypt
• Dhupguri, India

In new street additions, Qudsayya built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chhibramau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yuhuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Qudsayya grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chhibramau became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Yuhuan fluctuated in connectivity.