Aqaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aqaba in context

2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.733.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AqabaJordan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aqaba plotted against Jordan. The SNDi of new construction in Aqaba peaked in 1976-1990, while Jordan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Aqaba's incremental SNDi fell from 2.73 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aqaba ranked 8th out of 16 in Jordan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Jordan
8th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Jordan
8th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AqabaPort-GentilNanlingchengcun

In new street additions, Port-Gentil and Nanlingchengcun both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Aqaba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Port-Gentil and Nanlingchengcun both became progressively more disconnected, while Aqaba grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Aqaba and Nanlingchengcun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.