Kosti in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kosti in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kosti plotted against White Nile and Sudan. The SNDi of new construction in Kosti rose steadily, compared to White Nile which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Sudan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kosti's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 1.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kosti ranked 1st out of 6 cities in White Nile and 8th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.35
- Rank in Sudan
- 13th of 78
- Rank in White Nile
- 1st of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.14
- Rank in Sudan
- 8th of 78
- Rank in White Nile
- 1st of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Eluru, India
- Ambon, Indonesia
- Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Pegu, Myanmar
- Katihar, India
- Al Abbasa al Sharqiya, Egypt
In new street additions, Kosti and Eluru both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pegu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kosti and Eluru have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.