Hafoon: city in `Adan, Yemen
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Hafoon, Yemen on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Hafoon as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 3.15, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, 3.11, 5.19 and 3.03. Data was not available in 1975.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Hafoon spans a total of 86 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 2001-2014. These roads have an SNDi of 3.03, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, 3.07, 3.9 and 3.15. Data was not available in 1975.
Hafoon and `Adan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in `Adan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
How do development practices in Hafoon fare in comparison to others in `Adan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Hafoon was the 1st-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in `Adan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Hafoon ranked 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Hafoon and Yemen do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Yemen followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
How do development practices in Hafoon fare in comparison to others in Yemen? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Hafoon was the 12th-most disconnected out of the 36 cities in Yemen. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Yemen, street construction in Hafoon has become more connected. Hafoon ranked 5th in 1976-1990, 3rd in 1991-2000 and 12th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Hafoon and `Adan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in `Adan was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Hafoon is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in `Adan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Hafoon ranked 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Hafoon and Yemen do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Yemen was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Hafoon is the 12th-most disconnected out of the 36 cities in Yemen. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Yemen, the street network in Hafoon has become more connected. Hafoon ranked 6th in 1976-1990, 5th in 1991-2000 and 12th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Hafoon had a built-up area of 0.69 square kilometers, and a population of 144005 people.
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