Qoryooley in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qoryooley in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QoryooleyShabeellaha Hoose (Region)Somalia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qoryooley plotted against Shabeellaha Hoose and Somalia. The SNDi of new construction in Qoryooley rose steadily, compared to Shabeellaha 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, Qoryooley's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qoryooley ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Shabeellaha Hoose and 11th out of 39 in Somalia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in Somalia
35th of 39
Rank in Shabeellaha Hoose
7th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.32
Rank in Somalia
11th of 39
Rank in Shabeellaha Hoose
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QoryooleyThawe51 farm of 12th division

In new street additions, Qoryooley built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Thawe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and 51 farm of 12th division fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Qoryooley became progressively more disconnected, while Thawe fluctuated in connectivity and 51 farm of 12th division fluctuated in connectivity. Qoryooley and Thawe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.