Hodeidah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hodeidah in context

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HodeidahAl Hudaydah (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hodeidah plotted against Al Hudaydah and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Hodeidah rose 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, Hodeidah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hodeidah ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Al Hudaydah and 2nd out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in Yemen
5th of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
3rd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Yemen
2nd of 58
Rank in Al Hudaydah
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HodeidahBacolodCilegon

While Bacolod and Cilegon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Hodeidah built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Hodeidah and Cilegon both became progressively more disconnected, while Bacolod fluctuated in connectivity.