Narus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narus in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarusEastern Equatoria (Region)South Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narus plotted against Eastern Equatoria and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Narus 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Narus ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Eastern Equatoria and 12th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in South Sudan
13th of 16
Rank in Eastern Equatoria
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in South Sudan
12th of 16
Rank in Eastern Equatoria
5th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarusGhimbiGongchangling

In new street additions, Narus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ghimbi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gongchangling built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Narus became progressively more connected, while Ghimbi became progressively more disconnected and Gongchangling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Narus had a more sprawly network than Ghimbi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.