Malakal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Malakal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malakal plotted against Upper Nile and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Malakal peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Upper Nile which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and South Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malakal's incremental SNDi fell from 7.18 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malakal ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Upper Nile and 5th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.34
- Rank in South Sudan
- 2nd of 16
- Rank in Upper Nile
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.76
- Rank in South Sudan
- 5th of 16
- Rank in Upper Nile
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Malakal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Haidarganj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Lahat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Malakal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Haidarganj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Lahat became progressively more disconnected. Malakal and Lahat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.