Giteranyi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Giteranyi in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GiteranyiMuyinga (Region)Burundi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Giteranyi plotted against Muyinga and Burundi. While Muyinga and Burundi both rose steadily, Giteranyi's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Giteranyi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Giteranyi ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Muyinga and 5th out of 10 in Burundi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in Burundi
6th of 10
Rank in Muyinga
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Burundi
5th of 10
Rank in Muyinga
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GiteranyiSHIBUZacapu

In new street additions, Giteranyi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while SHIBU fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zacapu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Giteranyi became progressively more disconnected, while SHIBU fluctuated in connectivity and Zacapu fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Giteranyi had a more connected network than Zacapu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.