Al-Ubayyid in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Ubayyid in context

1.21.51.82.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.51.82.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-UbayyidNorth Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Ubayyid plotted against North Kurdufan and Sudan. While North Kurdufan and Sudan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al-Ubayyid's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al-Ubayyid's incremental SNDi rose from 1.34 to 1.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Ubayyid ranked 1st out of 5 cities in North Kurdufan and 32nd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Sudan
32nd of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.49
Rank in Sudan
32nd of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-UbayyidWroclawBarishal

In new street additions, Al-Ubayyid and Wrocław both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barishal built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al-Ubayyid and Wrocław have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.