Hawrah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hawrah in context

3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HawrahTa`izz (Region)Yemen (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hawrah plotted against Ta`izz and Yemen. The SNDi of new construction in Hawrah followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Hawrah ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Ta`izz and 52nd out of 58 in Yemen as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.22
Rank in Yemen
47th of 58
Rank in Ta`izz
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
11.63
Rank in Yemen
52nd of 58
Rank in Ta`izz
6th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HawrahRajpuraHuangchuan

In new street additions, Hawrah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rajpura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Huangchuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Rajpura and Huangchuan both became progressively more disconnected, while Hawrah became progressively more connected.