Kandi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kandi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kandi plotted against Alibori and Benin. The SNDi of new construction in Kandi rose steadily, compared to Alibori which rose steadily and Benin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kandi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.83 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kandi ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Alibori and 3rd out of 24 in Benin as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in Benin
- 5th of 24
- Rank in Alibori
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.81
- Rank in Benin
- 3rd of 24
- Rank in Alibori
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yixian, China
- Qaryat Jarf al Milh, Iraq
- Majene, Indonesia
- Xinning, China
- Nasriganj, India
- Leeuwarden, Netherlands
While Yixian and Xinning both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Kandi built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yixian and Xinning both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kandi became progressively more disconnected. Kandi and Yixian have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.