Ghayl Ba Wazir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ghayl Ba Wazir in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ghayl Ba WazirHadramawt (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghayl Ba Wazir plotted against Hadramawt and Yemen. While Hadramawt and Yemen both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ghayl Ba Wazir's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ghayl Ba Wazir's incremental SNDi rose from 3.33 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghayl Ba Wazir ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Hadramawt and 35th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.85
Rank in Yemen
30th of 58
Rank in Hadramawt
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in Yemen
35th of 58
Rank in Hadramawt
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ghayl Ba WazirUshiromboAgbani

In new street additions, Ghayl Ba Wazir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ushirombo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Agbani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ghayl Ba Wazir fluctuated in connectivity, while Ushirombo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Agbani grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Ghayl Ba Wazir had a more sprawly network than Agbani in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.