Al-Fashir in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al-Fashir in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Fashir plotted against North Darfur and Sudan. While North Darfur and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al-Fashir's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Fashir's incremental SNDi rose from 1.13 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Fashir ranked 1st out of 9 cities in North Darfur and 11th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.34
- Rank in Sudan
- 11th of 78
- Rank in North Darfur
- 1st of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.19
- Rank in Sudan
- 11th of 78
- Rank in North Darfur
- 1st of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Al-Fashir and Tuxtla Gutiérrez both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ballari built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al-Fashir and Tuxtla Gutiérrez have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.