Lawdar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lawdar in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LawdarAbyan (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lawdar plotted against Abyan and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Lawdar followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Abyan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Lawdar ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Abyan and 40th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.24
Rank in Yemen
40th of 58
Rank in Abyan
2nd of 2

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
LawdarBajpurJagdispur

In new street additions, Lawdar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bajpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jagdispur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lawdar became progressively more disconnected, while Bajpur became progressively more disconnected and Jagdispur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Lawdar had a more connected network than Bajpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.