Kayanza in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kayanza in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KayanzaBurundi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kayanza plotted against Burundi. Both Kayanza and Burundi follow the same trend. Most recently, Kayanza's incremental SNDi rose from 5.03 to 7.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kayanza ranked 10th out of 10 in Burundi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.16
Rank in Burundi
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in Burundi
10th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KayanzaAlkalereIdku

In new street additions, Kayanza built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Alkalere fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Idku built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kayanza and Idku both became progressively more disconnected, while Alkalere fluctuated in connectivity. Kayanza and Alkalere have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.