Ceel Dheer in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ceel Dheer in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ceel DheerGalguduud (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ceel Dheer plotted against Galguduud and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Ceel Dheer followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Galguduud which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Ceel Dheer ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Galguduud and 21st out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Somalia
13th of 39
Rank in Galguduud
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in Somalia
21st of 39
Rank in Galguduud
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ceel DheerKsar El BoukhariAlmelo

In new street additions, Ceel Dheer fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ksar El Boukhari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Almelo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ceel Dheer became progressively more connected, while Ksar El Boukhari grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Almelo became progressively more disconnected. Ceel Dheer and Almelo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.