Bayt al Faqih in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bayt al Faqih in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bayt al FaqihAl Hudaydah (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bayt al Faqih plotted against Al Hudaydah and Yemen. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bayt al Faqih's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bayt al Faqih ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Al Hudaydah and 1st out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in Yemen
7th of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Yemen
1st of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bayt al FaqihChhatakConcordia

In new street additions, Bayt al Faqih fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chhatak fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Concordia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bayt al Faqih fluctuated in connectivity, while Chhatak fluctuated in connectivity and Concordia became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bayt al Faqih had a more sprawly network than Concordia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.