Ma`bar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ma`bar in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ma`barDhamar (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ma`bar plotted against Dhamar and Yemen. While Dhamar and Yemen both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ma`bar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ma`bar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.84 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ma`bar ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Dhamar and 14th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Yemen
18th of 58
Rank in Dhamar
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Yemen
14th of 58
Rank in Dhamar
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ma`barChesterfieldNyaunglebin

While Chesterfield and Nyaunglebin both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Ma`bar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Ma`bar and Chesterfield both became progressively more disconnected, while Nyaunglebin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Ma`bar and Chesterfield have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.