Kutum in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kutum in context

1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KutumNorth Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kutum plotted against North Darfur and Sudan. While North Darfur and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kutum's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kutum's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kutum ranked 8th out of 9 cities in North Darfur and 60th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Sudan
64th of 78
Rank in North Darfur
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Sudan
60th of 78
Rank in North Darfur
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KutumFort AbbasTikamgarh

In new street additions, Kutum fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fort Abbas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tikamgarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Fort Abbas and Tikamgarh both became progressively more disconnected, while Kutum fluctuated in connectivity. Kutum and Tikamgarh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.