Hudur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hudur in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HudurBakool (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hudur plotted against Bakool and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Hudur rose steadily, compared to Bakool which peaked in 1991-2005 and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hudur's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hudur ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Bakool and 26th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Somalia
28th of 39
Rank in Bakool
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Somalia
26th of 39
Rank in Bakool
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.61.21.82.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.61.21.82.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HudurMendiSawakin

In new street additions, Hudur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mendi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Sawakin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hudur and Mendi both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Sawakin became progressively more connected. Notably, Hudur had a more connected network than Sawakin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.