Bulo Burto in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bulo Burto in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bulo BurtoHiiraan (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bulo Burto plotted against Hiiraan and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bulo Burto's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 2.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bulo Burto ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Hiiraan and 24th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.0
Rank in Somalia
21st of 39
Rank in Hiiraan
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Somalia
24th of 39
Rank in Hiiraan
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bulo BurtoOrmocHuaining

In new street additions, Bulo Burto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ormoc built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Huaining built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bulo Burto fluctuated in connectivity, while Ormoc became progressively more disconnected and Huaining became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Bulo Burto had a more connected network than Huaining in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.