Imehejek in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Imehejek in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Imehejek plotted against Eastern Equatoria and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Imehejek followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Eastern Equatoria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and South Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Imehejek's incremental SNDi fell from 8.57 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Imehejek ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Eastern Equatoria and 15th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.17
- Rank in South Sudan
- 8th of 16
- Rank in Eastern Equatoria
- 3rd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.49
- Rank in South Sudan
- 15th of 16
- Rank in Eastern Equatoria
- 7th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Imehejek fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yongning built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Anka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Imehejek fluctuated in connectivity, while Yongning became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Anka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Imehejek and Yongning have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.