Jabra Al Sheikh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jabra Al Sheikh in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jabra Al SheikhNorth Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jabra Al Sheikh plotted against North Kurdufan and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Jabra Al Sheikh was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to North Kurdufan which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jabra Al Sheikh's incremental SNDi rose from 0.88 to 1.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jabra Al Sheikh ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in North Kurdufan and 40th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in Sudan
19th of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Sudan
40th of 78
Rank in North Kurdufan
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jabra Al SheikhMilasArandas

In new street additions, Jabra Al Sheikh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Milas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Arandas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Milas and Arandas both became progressively more disconnected, while Jabra Al Sheikh fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Jabra Al Sheikh had a more sprawly network than Milas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.