Singa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Singa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Singa plotted against Sennar and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Singa peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Sennar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Singa's incremental SNDi fell from 1.51 to 1.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Singa ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Sennar and 50th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.31
- Rank in Sudan
- 10th of 78
- Rank in Sennar
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.74
- Rank in Sudan
- 50th of 78
- Rank in Sennar
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shiping, China
- Mertule Mariam, Ethiopia
- Lào Cai, Vietnam
- Jingxi, China
- Kharagpur, India
- Araras, Brazil
In new street additions, Singa and Shiping both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jingxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Singa and Shiping both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jingxi became progressively more disconnected. Singa and Jingxi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.