Bundas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bundas plotted against Moxico and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Bundas followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Moxico which peaked in 1976-1990 and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Bundas's incremental SNDi fell from 1.4 to 1.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bundas ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Moxico and 3rd out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kher Khata, India
• Kidal, Mali
• Habswein, Kenya
• Pailin, Cambodia
• Daye, China
• Urambo, Tanzania

In new street additions, Bundas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kher Khata built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pailin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bundas became progressively more connected, while Kher Khata became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Pailin became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Bundas and Pailin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.