Garoowe 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 Garoowe plotted against Nugaal and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Garoowe was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Nugaal which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Somalia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Garoowe's incremental SNDi rose from 1.22 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Garoowe ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nugaal and 14th 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?

• Winterthur, Switzerland
• Miyakonojo, Japan
• Putrajaya, Malaysia
• Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
• Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
• Jaisalmer, India

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