Dhobley in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dhobley plotted against Jubbada Hoose and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Dhobley was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Jubbada Hoose which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dhobley's incremental SNDi rose from 6.55 to 10.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dhobley ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Jubbada Hoose and 39th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Satelite Norte, Bolivia
• Luvungi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kayonza, Rwanda
• Ambohitrimanjaka, Madagascar
• Zégoua, Mali
• Kouroussa, Guinea

In new street additions, Dhobley built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Satelite Norte fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ambohitrimanjaka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Satelite Norte and Ambohitrimanjaka both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dhobley became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Dhobley and Satelite Norte have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.