Dabat Neira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dabat Neira in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dabat NeiraNorth Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dabat Neira plotted against North Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Dabat Neira followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to North Darfur which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dabat Neira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dabat Neira ranked 9th out of 9 cities in North Darfur and 66th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Sudan
57th of 78
Rank in North Darfur
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Sudan
66th of 78
Rank in North Darfur
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dabat NeiraBoukariaAfgooye

While Boukaria and Afgooye both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Dabat Neira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Dabat Neira became progressively more disconnected, while Boukaria grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Afgooye fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Dabat Neira had a more connected network than Boukaria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.