Bentiu: city in Unity, South Sudan
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 Bentiu, South Sudan on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Bentiu as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.06, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and 0.06. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Bentiu spans a total of 10 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
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 nan, nan, nan and 0.06. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Bentiu and Unity do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, as well as the Unity's street network construction.
How do development practices in Bentiu fare in comparison to others in Unity? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Bentiu was the 3rd-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in Unity. Bentiu ranked 3rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Bentiu and South Sudan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in South Sudan rose steadily.
How do development practices in Bentiu fare in comparison to others in South Sudan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Bentiu was the 21st-most disconnected out of the 26 cities in South Sudan. Bentiu ranked 21st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Bentiu and Unity do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, as well as the Unity's aggregate street network.
To date, Bentiu is the 3rd-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in Unity. Bentiu ranked 3rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Bentiu and South Sudan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in South Sudan rose steadily.
To date, Bentiu is the 23rd-most disconnected out of the 26 cities in South Sudan. Bentiu ranked 23rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Bentiu had a built-up area of 0.12 square kilometers, and a population of 92649 people.
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