Borama in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Borama in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BoramaAwdal (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Borama plotted against Awdal and Somalia. While Awdal and Somalia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Borama's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Borama's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 2.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Borama ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Awdal and 13th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in Somalia
23rd of 39
Rank in Awdal
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.4
Rank in Somalia
13th of 39
Rank in Awdal
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BoramaKarimnagarAl-Asafra

While Karimnagar and Al-Asafra both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Borama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Borama and Al-Asafra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.