An Nabahinah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

An Nabahinah in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
An NabahinahTa`izz (Region)Yemen (Country)

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?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
An NabahinahPishinVentura

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.