Muhajiriyah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Muhajiriyah in context

00.71.42.12.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
00.71.42.12.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuhajiriyahEast Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muhajiriyah plotted against East Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Muhajiriyah followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Muhajiriyah ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in East Darfur and 9th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in Sudan
25th of 78
Rank in East Darfur
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.15
Rank in Sudan
9th of 78
Rank in East Darfur
3rd of 7

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
MuhajiriyahLoutuBiakato

In new street additions, Muhajiriyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Loutu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Biakato fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Muhajiriyah fluctuated in connectivity, while Loutu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Biakato fluctuated in connectivity. Muhajiriyah and Loutu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.