Baidoa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baidoa in context

1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaidoaBay (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baidoa plotted against Bay and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Baidoa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baidoa ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Bay and 31st out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Somalia
27th of 39
Rank in Bay
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Somalia
31st of 39
Rank in Bay
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaidoaIchalkaranjiUtrecht

In new street additions, Baidoa and Ichalkaranji both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Utrecht built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Ichalkaranji and Utrecht both became progressively more disconnected, while Baidoa fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Baidoa had a more sprawly network than Ichalkaranji in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.