Abu Zabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abu Zabad in context

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu ZabadWest Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abu Zabad plotted against West Kurdufan and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Abu Zabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abu Zabad ranked 5th out of 5 cities in West Kurdufan and 73rd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Sudan
71st of 78
Rank in West Kurdufan
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Sudan
73rd of 78
Rank in West Kurdufan
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abu ZabadMontgomerySanta Matilde

While Montgomery and Santa Matilde both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Abu Zabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Abu Zabad had a more connected network than Montgomery in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.