Khashm El Girba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khashm El Girba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khashm El Girba plotted against Al Qadarif and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Khashm El Girba 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, Khashm El Girba's incremental SNDi rose from 1.79 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khashm El Girba ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Al Qadarif and 49th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.76
- Rank in Sudan
- 65th of 78
- Rank in Al Qadarif
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.73
- Rank in Sudan
- 49th of 78
- Rank in Al Qadarif
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al Hamzah, Iraq
- Tangla, India
- Xangongo, Angola
- Eunápolis, Brazil
- Santa Cruz, United States
- Unjon, North Korea
In new street additions, Khashm El Girba and Eunápolis both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Hamzah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khashm El Girba and Eunápolis both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Hamzah fluctuated in connectivity. Khashm El Girba and Al Hamzah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.