Al Quwaysi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Quwaysi in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al QuwaysiSennar (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Quwaysi plotted against Sennar and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Quwaysi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 5.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Quwaysi ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Sennar and 72nd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.87
Rank in Sudan
76th of 78
Rank in Sennar
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Sudan
72nd of 78
Rank in Sennar
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al QuwaysiCamacupaTan Uyen

In new street additions, Al Quwaysi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Camacupa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tân Uyên built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Al Quwaysi fluctuated in connectivity, while Camacupa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Tân Uyên grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Al Quwaysi and Camacupa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.