Kyolo 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 Kyolo plotted against Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kyolo's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kyolo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.27 to 5.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyolo ranked 15th out of 17 cities in Haut-Lomami and 136th 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?

• Chapra, India
• Taibe, Palestine
• Chandrakona, India
• Canterbury, United Kingdom
• Sugarland Run, United States
• Wamena, Indonesia

In new street additions, Kyolo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chapra built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Canterbury built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kyolo fluctuated in connectivity, while Chapra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Canterbury became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Kyolo had a more connected network than Canterbury in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.