Khor Fakkan 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 Khor Fakkan plotted against Sharjah and United Arab Emirates. The SNDi of new construction in Khor Fakkan peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Sharjah which rose steadily and United Arab Emirates which rose steadily. Most recently, Khor Fakkan's incremental SNDi fell from 1.62 to 1.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khor Fakkan ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Sharjah and 2nd 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?

• Sidi Taibi, Morocco
• Caloundra, Australia
• Tengréla, Côte d'Ivoire
• Nimkhera, India
• Meybod, Iran
• Patani, Nigeria

While Sidi Taibi and Nimkhera both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Khor Fakkan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Khor Fakkan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sidi Taibi became progressively more connected and Nimkhera became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Khor Fakkan and Sidi Taibi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.