Mukalla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mukalla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mukalla plotted against Hadramawt and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Mukalla 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, Mukalla's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mukalla ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Hadramawt and 26th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.33
- Rank in Yemen
- 21st of 58
- Rank in Hadramawt
- 3rd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.59
- Rank in Yemen
- 26th of 58
- Rank in Hadramawt
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mukalla built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Paderborn built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and 锯木沟 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mukalla became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Paderborn grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and 锯木沟 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mukalla and 锯木沟 have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.