Qardho in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qardho in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QardhoBari (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qardho plotted against Bari and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Qardho was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Bari which peaked in 1976-1990 and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qardho's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 1.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qardho ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Bari and 23rd out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Somalia
14th of 39
Rank in Bari
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Somalia
23rd of 39
Rank in Bari
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QardhoKuala KapuasBian Zhuang

In new street additions, Qardho built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kuala Kapuas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and 卞庄 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Qardho became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kuala Kapuas fluctuated in connectivity and 卞庄 fluctuated in connectivity. Qardho and 卞庄 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.