Al Mahabishah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Mahabishah in context

3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al MahabishahHajjah (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Mahabishah plotted against Hajjah and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Al Mahabishah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hajjah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Mahabishah's incremental SNDi fell from 14.44 to 11.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Mahabishah ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Hajjah and 54th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.48
Rank in Yemen
48th of 58
Rank in Hajjah
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
12.14
Rank in Yemen
54th of 58
Rank in Hajjah
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al MahabishahKafr al TaraynaJahangirabad

While Kafr al Tarayna and Jahangirabad both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Al Mahabishah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Al Mahabishah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kafr al Tarayna became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Jahangirabad fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Al Mahabishah had a more connected network than Kafr al Tarayna in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.