El Hawata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Hawata in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El HawataAl Qadarif (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Hawata plotted against Al Qadarif and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in El Hawata rose steadily, compared to Al Qadarif which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Hawata's incremental SNDi rose from 1.1 to 1.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Hawata ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Al Qadarif and 20th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in Sudan
24th of 78
Rank in Al Qadarif
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.33
Rank in Sudan
20th of 78
Rank in Al Qadarif
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El HawataTumed Right BannerKhair

In new street additions, El Hawata built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tumed Right Banner built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Khair fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El Hawata and Tumed Right Banner both became progressively more disconnected, while Khair fluctuated in connectivity. El Hawata and Khair have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.