En Nahud in context: Street-network sprawl trends
En Nahud in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with En Nahud plotted against West Kurdufan and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, En Nahud's incremental SNDi rose from 1.16 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, En Nahud ranked 1st out of 5 cities in West Kurdufan and 16th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.87
- Rank in Sudan
- 44th of 78
- Rank in West Kurdufan
- 1st of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.3
- Rank in Sudan
- 16th of 78
- Rank in West Kurdufan
- 1st of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, En Nahud fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Iwo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shakar Garh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, En Nahud and Iwo both became progressively more disconnected, while Shakar Garh fluctuated in connectivity.