Yambio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yambio in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YambioWest Equatoria (Region)South Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yambio plotted against West Equatoria and South Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Yambio rose steadily, compared to West Equatoria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and South Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yambio's incremental SNDi rose from 2.23 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yambio ranked 1st out of 1 cities in West Equatoria and 8th out of 16 in South Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in South Sudan
10th of 16
Rank in West Equatoria
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in South Sudan
8th of 16
Rank in West Equatoria
1st of 1

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
YambioGoddaAtrauli

In new street additions, Yambio and Godda both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Atrauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yambio and Godda both became progressively more disconnected, while Atrauli fluctuated in connectivity. Yambio and Atrauli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.