Shendi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shendi in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShendiRiver Nile (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shendi plotted against River Nile and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shendi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.53 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shendi ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in River Nile and 53rd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Sudan
47th of 78
Rank in River Nile
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Sudan
53rd of 78
Rank in River Nile
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShendiTiruvallurTiaret

In new street additions, Shendi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tiruvallur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tiaret built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Tiruvallur and Tiaret both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Shendi fluctuated in connectivity. Shendi and Tiaret have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.