Gitega in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gitega in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GitegaBurundi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gitega plotted against Burundi. The SNDi of new construction in Gitega peaked in 1991-2005, while Burundi rose steadily. Most recently, Gitega's incremental SNDi fell from 3.94 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gitega ranked 8th out of 10 in Burundi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Burundi
7th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in Burundi
8th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GitegaCriciumaLeninskii

In new street additions, Gitega built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Criciúma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ленинский built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.