Khorbranga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khorbranga in context

1.21.51.82.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.51.82.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhorbrangaWest Darfur (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khorbranga plotted against West Darfur and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Khorbranga's incremental SNDi rose from 1.45 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khorbranga ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in West Darfur and 35th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Sudan
43rd of 78
Rank in West Darfur
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Sudan
35th of 78
Rank in West Darfur
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhorbrangaBalcadIhnasya al Madinah

In new street additions, Khorbranga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Balcad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ihnasya al Madinah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Khorbranga and Ihnasya al Madinah both became progressively more disconnected, while Balcad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Khorbranga had a more connected network than Balcad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.