Al Husaydhiah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Husaydhiah in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al HusaydhiahAl Hudaydah (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Husaydhiah plotted against Al Hudaydah and Yemen. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Husaydhiah's incremental SNDi rose from 5.05 to 5.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Husaydhiah ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Al Hudaydah and 44th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.9
Rank in Yemen
35th of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.29
Rank in Yemen
44th of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
8th of 8

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 HusaydhiahBukit RanginYongning

In new street additions, Al Husaydhiah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bukit Rangin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Yongning built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Al Husaydhiah fluctuated in connectivity, while Bukit Rangin became progressively more disconnected and Yongning grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Al Husaydhiah and Bukit Rangin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.