Hamaschkorieb 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 Hamaschkorieb plotted against Kassala and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Hamaschkorieb was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Kassala which peaked in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hamaschkorieb's incremental SNDi rose from 0.86 to 1.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hamaschkorieb ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Kassala and 4th 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?

• Chukai, Malaysia
• Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
• Wijigra, Ethiopia
• Ekeje, Nigeria
• Datun, China
• Safur, Egypt

While Chukai and Ekeje both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Hamaschkorieb built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Hamaschkorieb became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Chukai fluctuated in connectivity and Ekeje became progressively more disconnected. Hamaschkorieb and Ekeje have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.