Tulus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tulus in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulusSouth Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tulus plotted against South Darfur and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Tulus rose steadily, compared to South Darfur which peaked in 1991-2005 and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tulus's incremental SNDi rose from 5.04 to 7.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tulus ranked 4th out of 6 cities in South Darfur and 75th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.4
Rank in Sudan
77th of 78
Rank in South Darfur
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in Sudan
75th of 78
Rank in South Darfur
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulusKsar HellalObudu

In new street additions, Tulus and Obudu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ksar Hellal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tulus and Ksar Hellal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.