Buurhakaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buurhakaba in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuurhakabaBay (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buurhakaba plotted against Bay and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Buurhakaba's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buurhakaba ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Bay and 30th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Somalia
26th of 39
Rank in Bay
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Somalia
30th of 39
Rank in Bay
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuurhakabaSan FelixSyracuse

In new street additions, Buurhakaba and San Félix both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Syracuse built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Buurhakaba had a more connected network than Syracuse in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.