Rashaida Al Hafayer in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rashaida Al Hafayer in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rashaida Al HafayerKassala (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rashaida Al Hafayer plotted against Kassala and Sudan. While Kassala and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Rashaida Al Hafayer's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rashaida Al Hafayer's incremental SNDi rose from 1.21 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rashaida Al Hafayer ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Kassala and 61st out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Sudan
67th of 78
Rank in Kassala
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Sudan
61st of 78
Rank in Kassala
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rashaida Al HafayerGwaramKhoksha

In new street additions, Rashaida Al Hafayer fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gwaram built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Khoksha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rashaida Al Hafayer fluctuated in connectivity, while Gwaram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Khoksha fluctuated in connectivity. Rashaida Al Hafayer and Gwaram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.