Al Rahad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Rahad in context

1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al RahadNorth Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Rahad plotted against North Kurdufan and Sudan. While North Kurdufan and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al Rahad's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Rahad's incremental SNDi rose from 1.99 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Rahad ranked 5th out of 5 cities in North Kurdufan and 59th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Sudan
56th of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Sudan
59th of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al RahadGopalganjAonla

In new street additions, Al Rahad and Gopalganj both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Aonla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Al Rahad and Gopalganj both became progressively more disconnected, while Aonla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Al Rahad had a more sprawly network than Gopalganj in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.