An Nabahinah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
An Nabahinah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with An Nabahinah plotted against Ta`izz and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in An Nabahinah was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Ta`izz which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Yemen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, An Nabahinah's incremental SNDi rose from 7.9 to 9.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, An Nabahinah ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Ta`izz and 51st out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.93
- Rank in Yemen
- 46th of 58
- Rank in Ta`izz
- 4th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 9.86
- Rank in Yemen
- 51st of 58
- Rank in Ta`izz
- 5th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pishin, Pakistan
- Al Khafji, Saudi Arabia
- Grand Goâve, Haiti
- Ventura, United States
- Telde, Spain
- Suwa, Japan
In new street additions, An Nabahinah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pishin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ventura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, An Nabahinah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Pishin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ventura became progressively more disconnected.