Al Falah 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 Al Falah plotted against Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates. The SNDi of new construction in Al Falah was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Abu Dhabi which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Arab Emirates which rose steadily. Most recently, Al Falah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Falah ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Abu Dhabi and 11th out of 15 in United Arab Emirates as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Yunyang, China
• Ottapalam, India
• Ende, Indonesia
• Kielce, Poland
• Al Managil, Sudan
• Riobamba, Ecuador

In new street additions, Al Falah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Yunyang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kielce built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Al Falah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Yunyang fluctuated in connectivity and Kielce became progressively more disconnected. Al Falah and Yunyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.