Port Sudan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Port Sudan in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Port SudanRed Sea (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Port Sudan plotted against Red Sea and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Port Sudan rose steadily, compared to Red Sea which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Port Sudan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.37 to 1.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Port Sudan ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Red Sea and 17th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.37
Rank in Sudan
15th of 78
Rank in Red Sea
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.3
Rank in Sudan
17th of 78
Rank in Red Sea
2nd of 4

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
Port SudanManadoWaidhan

Port Sudan, Manado, and Waidhan all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.