Garsila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Garsila in context

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GarsilaCentral Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Garsila plotted against Central Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Garsila followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Central Darfur which rose steadily and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Garsila ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Central Darfur and 1st out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.98
Rank in Sudan
2nd of 78
Rank in Central Darfur
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
0.84
Rank in Sudan
1st of 78
Rank in Central Darfur
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GarsilaLien NghiaBadajoz

While Liên Nghĩa and Badajoz both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Garsila fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Garsila became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Liên Nghĩa fluctuated in connectivity and Badajoz became progressively more disconnected.