Nimule in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nimule in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nimule plotted against Eastern Equatoria and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Nimule was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Nimule's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nimule ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Eastern Equatoria and 14th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.67
- Rank in South Sudan
- 14th of 16
- Rank in Eastern Equatoria
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.48
- Rank in South Sudan
- 14th of 16
- Rank in Eastern Equatoria
- 6th 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, Nimule built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Xiantao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Zheba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Xiantao and Zheba both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nimule became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Nimule and Zheba have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.