Umm Kaddada in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Umm Kaddada in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Umm Kaddada plotted against North Darfur and Sudan. While North Darfur and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Umm Kaddada's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Umm Kaddada's incremental SNDi rose from 0.87 to 1.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Umm Kaddada ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in North Darfur and 15th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.35
- Rank in Sudan
- 12th of 78
- Rank in North Darfur
- 2nd of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.27
- Rank in Sudan
- 15th of 78
- Rank in North Darfur
- 2nd 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, Umm Kaddada and Kadayanallur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sindagi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Umm Kaddada and Kadayanallur both fluctuated in connectivity, while Sindagi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Umm Kaddada and Sindagi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.