Ghubaysh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ghubaysh in context

1.21.62<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.62<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GhubayshWest Kurdufan (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghubaysh plotted against West Kurdufan and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghubaysh rose steadily, compared to West Kurdufan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ghubaysh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.73 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghubaysh ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in West Kurdufan and 43rd out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Sudan
53rd of 78
Rank in West Kurdufan
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Sudan
43rd of 78
Rank in West Kurdufan
2nd of 5

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
GhubayshMassaShushtar

In new street additions, Ghubaysh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Massa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shushtar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.