Ar Rubu` in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ar Rubu` in context

8162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
8162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ar Rubu`Ibb (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ar Rubu` plotted against Ibb and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Ar Rubu` followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ibb which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ar Rubu`'s incremental SNDi fell from 29.37 to 16.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ar Rubu` ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Ibb and 57th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
16.87
Rank in Yemen
51st of 58
Rank in Ibb
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
15.92
Rank in Yemen
57th of 58
Rank in Ibb
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ar Rubu`QubodiyonMangrul Pir

While Qubodiyon and Mangrul Pir both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ar Rubu` fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Qubodiyon and Mangrul Pir both became progressively more disconnected, while Ar Rubu` became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.