Kabondo-Dianda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kabondo-Dianda in context

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kabondo-DiandaHaut-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 Kabondo-Dianda plotted against Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kabondo-Dianda 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, Kabondo-Dianda's incremental SNDi fell from 4.02 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabondo-Dianda ranked 11th out of 17 cities in Haut-Lomami and 79th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
32nd of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
2nd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
79th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
11th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kabondo-DiandaHuntfield HeightsLaoting

In new street additions, Kabondo-Dianda and Huntfield Heights both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Laoting fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kabondo-Dianda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Huntfield Heights became progressively more disconnected and Laoting fluctuated in connectivity. Kabondo-Dianda and Huntfield Heights have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.