Al Qutaynah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al Qutaynah in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al QutaynahWhite Nile (Region)Sudan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Qutaynah plotted against White Nile and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Al Qutaynah's incremental SNDi rose from 1.46 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Qutaynah ranked 5th out of 6 cities in White Nile and 41st out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Sudan
60th of 78
Rank in White Nile
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Sudan
41st of 78
Rank in White Nile
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al QutaynahYokadoumaLauiyah Nandangarh

In new street additions, Al Qutaynah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yokadouma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Lauiyah Nandangarh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Al Qutaynah and Yokadouma both became progressively more disconnected, while Lauiyah Nandangarh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Al Qutaynah and Yokadouma have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.