Al Misrakh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Misrakh plotted against Ta`izz and Yemen. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Misrakh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 2.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Misrakh ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Ta`izz and 18th out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Oktjabrski, Russia
• Dali, China
• Bore, Ethiopia
• Baidehi, Nepal
• Uriangato, México
• Mazatenango, Guatemala

In new street additions, Al Misrakh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Oktjabrski built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Baidehi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Al Misrakh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Oktjabrski became progressively more disconnected and Baidehi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Al Misrakh had a more connected network than Oktjabrski in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.