Torit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Torit in context

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToritEastern Equatoria (Region)South Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Torit plotted against Eastern Equatoria and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Torit was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Torit's incremental SNDi rose from 1.1 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Torit ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Eastern Equatoria and 7th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in South Sudan
11th of 16
Rank in Eastern Equatoria
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in South Sudan
7th of 16
Rank in Eastern Equatoria
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToritJinshanTacloban

In new street additions, Torit built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Jinshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tacloban built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Jinshan and Tacloban both became progressively more disconnected, while Torit became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Torit and Jinshan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.