Mwadingusha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mwadingusha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mwadingusha plotted against Haut-Katanga and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Mwadingusha peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Haut-Katanga which peaked in 1976-1990 and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mwadingusha's incremental SNDi fell from 6.72 to 5.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mwadingusha ranked 17th out of 17 cities in Haut-Katanga and 160th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 123rd of 186
- Rank in Haut-Katanga
- 16th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 160th of 186
- Rank in Haut-Katanga
- 17th of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mwadingusha and Arochukwu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kabba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kabba and Arochukwu both became progressively more disconnected, while Mwadingusha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Mwadingusha had a more connected network than Arochukwu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.