Fuwwah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fuwwah in context

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuwwahHadramawt (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuwwah plotted against Hadramawt and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Fuwwah was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Hadramawt which rose steadily and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fuwwah's incremental SNDi rose from 1.89 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuwwah ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Hadramawt and 11th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Yemen
12th of 58
Rank in Hadramawt
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Yemen
11th of 58
Rank in Hadramawt
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuwwahSamandagDanewala

In new street additions, Fuwwah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Samandağ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Danewala built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fuwwah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Samandağ became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Danewala became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Fuwwah had a more sprawly network than Samandağ in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.