Shalaambood 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 Shalaambood plotted against Shabeellaha Hoose and Somalia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shalaambood's incremental SNDi rose from 0.78 to 0.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shalaambood ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Shabeellaha Hoose and 1st 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?

• Kobakma, Indonesia
• Tiberias, Israel
• La Lima, Honduras
• Lagunen, Norway
• Mirzay, Afghanistan
• Matsulu, South Africa

In new street additions, Shalaambood fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kobakma built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Lagunen built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shalaambood fluctuated in connectivity, while Kobakma became progressively more connected and Lagunen became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shalaambood and Kobakma have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.