Al ‘Abbāsiyya: city in South Kurdufan, 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.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Al ‘Abbāsiyya as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 3.07, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and 0.26. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Al ‘Abbāsiyya spans a total of 106 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 3.07. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Al ‘Abbāsiyya and South Kurdufan 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 Kurdufan peaked in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Al ‘Abbāsiyya fare in comparison to others in South Kurdufan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Al ‘Abbāsiyya was the 4th-most disconnected out of the 4 cities in South Kurdufan. Al ‘Abbāsiyya ranked 4th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Al ‘Abbāsiyya and 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 Sudan peaked in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Al ‘Abbāsiyya fare in comparison to others in Sudan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Al ‘Abbāsiyya was the 43rd-most disconnected out of the 63 cities in Sudan. Al ‘Abbāsiyya ranked 43rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Al ‘Abbāsiyya and South Kurdufan 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 Kurdufan was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Al ‘Abbāsiyya is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 4 cities in South Kurdufan. Al ‘Abbāsiyya ranked 1st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Al ‘Abbāsiyya and 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 Sudan rose steadily.
To date, Al ‘Abbāsiyya is the 5th-most disconnected out of the 63 cities in Sudan. Al ‘Abbāsiyya ranked 5th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Al ‘Abbāsiyya had a built-up area of 0.26 square kilometers, and a population of 89333 people.
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