Tartus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tartus in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TartusSyria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tartus plotted against Syria. Both Tartus and Syria follow the same trend. Most recently, Tartus's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tartus ranked 8th out of 39 in Syria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Syria
10th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in Syria
8th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TartusEllandChenggu

In new street additions, Tartus and Chenggu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Elland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Tartus and Elland both became progressively more disconnected, while Chenggu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.