Kabala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kabala in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KabalaHaut-Lomami (Region)Democratic Republic of the Congo (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kabala plotted against Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kabala peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Haut-Lomami which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kabala's incremental SNDi fell from 6.29 to 5.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabala ranked 16th out of 17 cities in Haut-Lomami and 146th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.98
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
135th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
15th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.55
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
146th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
16th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KabalaZarumillaMbulula

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