Aketi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aketi plotted against Bas-Uele and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Aketi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.36 to 6.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aketi ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Bas-Uele and 156th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Dabhoi, India
• Al ‘Azīzīyah, Iraq
• Kafr al Bazat, Egypt
• Kiffa, Mauritania
• Tekkali, India
• Bayreuth, Germany

In new street additions, Aketi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dabhoi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kiffa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Aketi fluctuated in connectivity, while Dabhoi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kiffa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.