Garoowe: city in Nugaal, Somalia
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Garoowe, Somalia on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Garoowe as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.17, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 1.41, -0.29, 0.63 and 0.29. Disconnectivity in street construction in Garoowe follows a zig-zag trend. In 1976-1990, street construction was most disconnected, while construction was most connected in 1975.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Garoowe spans a total of 140 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 2001-2014. These roads have an SNDi of 0.29, which is very well-connected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 1.41, -0.16, -0.01 and 0.17. The SNDi of the aggregate street network in fell at first, but Garoowe has worsened in disconnectivity since 1990.
Garoowe and Nugaal follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
How do development practices in Garoowe fare in comparison to others in Nugaal? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Garoowe was the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in Nugaal. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Garoowe ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Garoowe and Somalia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Garoowe followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, while the SNDi of street constructions in Somalia peaked in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Garoowe fare in comparison to others in Somalia? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Garoowe was the 12th-most disconnected out of the 23 cities in Somalia. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Somalia, street construction in Garoowe has become more connected. Garoowe ranked 5th in 1975, 14th in 1976-1990, 5th in 1991-2000 and 12th in 2001-2014.
Garoowe and Nugaal follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Garoowe is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in Nugaal. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Garoowe ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Garoowe and Somalia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Garoowe was at its lowest in 1976-1990, while the SNDi of street constructions in Somalia peaked in 1991-2000.
To date, Garoowe is the 15th-most disconnected out of the 23 cities in Somalia. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Somalia, the street network in Garoowe has become more connected. Garoowe ranked 5th in 1975, 15th in 1976-1990, 15th in 1991-2000 and 15th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Garoowe had a built-up area of 4.12 square kilometers, and a population of 78324 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: