Giad Industrial Complex in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Giad Industrial Complex in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Giad Industrial ComplexKhartoum (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Giad Industrial Complex plotted against Khartoum and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Giad Industrial Complex followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Khartoum which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Giad Industrial Complex's incremental SNDi fell from 7.17 to 2.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Giad Industrial Complex ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Khartoum and 71st out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Sudan
58th of 78
Rank in Khartoum
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in Sudan
71st of 78
Rank in Khartoum
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Giad Industrial ComplexZuenoulaSan Pedro Soloma

In new street additions, Giad Industrial Complex fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zuénoula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and San Pedro Soloma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Zuénoula and San Pedro Soloma both became progressively more disconnected, while Giad Industrial Complex fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Giad Industrial Complex had a more sprawly network than San Pedro Soloma in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.