Kikondja in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kikondja in context

012345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
012345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KikondjaHaut-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 Kikondja plotted against Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kikondja followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Haut-Lomami which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Kikondja ranked 1st out of 17 cities in Haut-Lomami and 4th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.59
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
11th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
1st of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.01
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
4th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
1st of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0123<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0123<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KikondjaPort LokoSan Rafael del Mojan

In new street additions, Kikondja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Port Loko built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and San Rafael del Moján fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kikondja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Port Loko became progressively more disconnected and San Rafael del Moján fluctuated in connectivity.