Wajid in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wajid in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WajidBakool (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wajid plotted against Bakool and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Wajid was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Bakool which peaked in 1991-2005 and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wajid's incremental SNDi rose from 1.34 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wajid ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Bakool and 32nd out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Somalia
25th of 39
Rank in Bakool
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Somalia
32nd of 39
Rank in Bakool
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WajidDaweihongweoneub

In new street additions, Wajid and Dawei both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while 홍원읍 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Wajid became progressively more connected, while Dawei became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and 홍원읍 became progressively more disconnected. Wajid and Dawei have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.