Am Timan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Am Timan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Am Timan plotted against Salamat and Chad. The SNDi of new construction in Am Timan was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Salamat which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Chad which rose steadily. Most recently, Am Timan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Am Timan ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Salamat and 16th out of 31 in Chad as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.32
- Rank in Chad
- 17th of 31
- Rank in Salamat
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.82
- Rank in Chad
- 16th of 31
- Rank in Salamat
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zizhong, China
- Planaltina, Brazil
- Chilakaluripet, India
- Shindand, Afghanistan
- Kobo, Ethiopia
- Leku, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Am Timan and Shindand both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Zizhong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Am Timan and Shindand both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Zizhong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.