Al Managil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Managil in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al ManagilAl Jazirah (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Managil plotted against Al Jazirah and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Managil's incremental SNDi rose from 1.14 to 1.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Managil ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Al Jazirah and 14th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.49
Rank in Sudan
27th of 78
Rank in Al Jazirah
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.21
Rank in Sudan
14th of 78
Rank in Al Jazirah
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
Al ManagilKielceRiobamba

In new street additions, Al Managil fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kielce built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Riobamba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Al Managil fluctuated in connectivity, while Kielce became progressively more disconnected and Riobamba grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Al Managil and Kielce have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.