Beledweyne in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Beledweyne in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beledweyne plotted against Hiiraan and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Beledweyne's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 4.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beledweyne ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Hiiraan and 35th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.24
- Rank in Somalia
- 33rd of 39
- Rank in Hiiraan
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.71
- Rank in Somalia
- 35th of 39
- Rank in Hiiraan
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Arsi Negelle, Ethiopia
- Vologda, Russia
- Tanur, India
- Kaesong, North Korea
- Baduria, India
- Xuanwei, China
In new street additions, Beledweyne fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arsi Negelle built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kaesong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Beledweyne and Arsi Negelle both became progressively more disconnected, while Kaesong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.