Buram in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Buram in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buram plotted against South Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Buram peaked in 1991-2005, compared to South Darfur which peaked in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Buram's incremental SNDi fell from 14.34 to 10.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buram ranked 6th out of 6 cities in South Darfur and 78th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.6
- Rank in Sudan
- 78th of 78
- Rank in South Darfur
- 6th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.6
- Rank in Sudan
- 78th of 78
- Rank in South Darfur
- 6th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Uíge, Angola
- Niigata, Japan
- Roorkee, India
- Purwakarta, Indonesia
- Bazhong City, China
- Vijayapura, India
In new street additions, Buram and Uíge both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Purwakarta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Uíge and Purwakarta both became progressively more disconnected, while Buram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Buram and Uíge have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.