Al Saja'a Industrial in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Saja'a Industrial in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al Saja'a IndustrialSharjah (Region)United Arab Emirates (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Saja'a Industrial plotted against Sharjah and United Arab Emirates. The SNDi of new construction in Al Saja'a Industrial peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sharjah which rose steadily and United Arab Emirates which rose steadily. Most recently, Al Saja'a Industrial's incremental SNDi fell from 3.3 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Saja'a Industrial ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Sharjah and 9th out of 15 in United Arab Emirates as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in United Arab Emirates
8th of 15
Rank in Sharjah
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in United Arab Emirates
9th of 15
Rank in Sharjah
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al Saja'a IndustrialViramgamSuceava

In new street additions, Al Saja'a Industrial built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Viramgam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Suceava built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Al Saja'a Industrial grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Viramgam fluctuated in connectivity and Suceava became progressively more disconnected.