Rahad al Bardi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rahad al Bardi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rahad al Bardi plotted against South Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Rahad al Bardi 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, Rahad al Bardi's incremental SNDi fell from 6.0 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rahad al Bardi ranked 5th out of 6 cities in South Darfur and 77th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.98
- Rank in Sudan
- 74th of 78
- Rank in South Darfur
- 4th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.39
- Rank in Sudan
- 77th of 78
- Rank in South Darfur
- 5th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rahad al Bardi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shuangluan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bhinmal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rahad al Bardi became progressively more disconnected, while Shuangluan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bhinmal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Rahad al Bardi had a more connected network than Shuangluan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.