Al Qutay` in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al Qutay` in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Qutay` plotted against Al Hudaydah and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Al Qutay` fell steadily, compared to Al Hudaydah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Qutay`'s incremental SNDi fell from 1.97 to 1.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Qutay` ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Al Hudaydah and 7th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.75
- Rank in Yemen
- 2nd of 58
- Rank in Al Hudaydah
- 2nd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.29
- Rank in Yemen
- 7th of 58
- Rank in Al Hudaydah
- 4th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gyzylarbat, Turkmenistan
- Bassano del Grappa, Italy
- Morondava, Madagascar
- Phrae, Thailand
- Qianjin, China
- Pleebo, Liberia
In new street additions, Al Qutay` and Gyzylarbat both built increasingly connected streets over time, while Phrae built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Al Qutay` and Gyzylarbat both became progressively more connected, while Phrae became progressively more disconnected. Al Qutay` and Phrae have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.