El Geneina in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Geneina in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Geneina plotted against West Darfur and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, El Geneina's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 1.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Geneina ranked 1st out of 2 cities in West Darfur and 22nd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.77
- Rank in Sudan
- 38th of 78
- Rank in West Darfur
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.38
- Rank in Sudan
- 22nd of 78
- Rank in West Darfur
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, El Geneina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Khujand built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jerez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El Geneina became progressively more disconnected, while Khujand became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Jerez fluctuated in connectivity. El Geneina and Jerez have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.