Madinat Lab'ūs in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Madinat Lab'us in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madinat Lab'ūs plotted against Lahij and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Madinat Lab'ūs was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Lahij which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Madinat Lab'ūs's incremental SNDi rose from 7.1 to 8.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madinat Lab'ūs ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Lahij and 47th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.92
- Rank in Yemen
- 45th of 58
- Rank in Lahij
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.56
- Rank in Yemen
- 47th of 58
- Rank in Lahij
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Hồng Ngự and Bajpatti both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Madinat Lab'ūs built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Madinat Lab'ūs became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Hồng Ngự grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bajpatti became progressively more disconnected. Madinat Lab'ūs and Hồng Ngự have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.