Dilling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dilling in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DillingSouth Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dilling plotted against South Kurdufan and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dilling's incremental SNDi rose from 2.35 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dilling ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in South Kurdufan and 63rd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Sudan
69th of 78
Rank in South Kurdufan
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Sudan
63rd of 78
Rank in South Kurdufan
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DillingShifangBa Ria

In new street additions, Dilling and Shifang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bà Rịa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dilling and Shifang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.