Bambari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bambari in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BambariOuaka (Region)Central African Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bambari plotted against Ouaka and Central African Republic. The SNDi of new construction in Bambari rose steadily, compared to Ouaka which peaked in 1991-2005 and Central African Republic which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Bambari's incremental SNDi rose from 4.25 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bambari ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Ouaka and 3rd out of 7 in Central African Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in Central African Republic
3rd of 7
Rank in Ouaka
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Central African Republic
3rd of 7
Rank in Ouaka
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BambariBhachauCairns

In new street additions, Bambari built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bhachau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cairns built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bambari became progressively more disconnected, while Bhachau fluctuated in connectivity and Cairns grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bambari and Bhachau have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.