Khazan Gedid in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khazan Gedid plotted against East Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Khazan Gedid was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to East Darfur which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khazan Gedid's incremental SNDi rose from 1.29 to 1.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khazan Gedid ranked 4th out of 7 cities in East Darfur and 39th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Barentu, Eritrea
• Al Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia
• Xixia, China
• Chinandega, Nicaragua
• Huaikou, China
• Geoje-si, South Korea

In new street additions, Khazan Gedid built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Barentu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Chinandega built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Khazan Gedid became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Barentu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Chinandega became progressively more disconnected. Khazan Gedid and Chinandega have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.