Saakow in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Saakow in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaakowJubbada Dhexe (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saakow plotted against Jubbada Dhexe and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Saakow's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saakow ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Jubbada Dhexe and 34th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Somalia
32nd of 39
Rank in Jubbada Dhexe
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Somalia
34th of 39
Rank in Jubbada Dhexe
2nd of 2

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
SaakowJinpingZaoqiang

In new street additions, Saakow and Zaoqiang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jinping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Saakow became progressively more disconnected, while Jinping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zaoqiang fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Saakow had a more connected network than Zaoqiang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.