Malemba-Nkulu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malemba-Nkulu in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Malemba-NkuluHaut-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 Malemba-Nkulu plotted against Haut-Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Malemba-Nkulu rose steadily, 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, Malemba-Nkulu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.4 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malemba-Nkulu ranked 5th out of 17 cities in Haut-Lomami and 40th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
40th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
4th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
40th of 186
Rank in Haut-Lomami
5th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Malemba-NkuluDausaJinshan

In new street additions, Malemba-Nkulu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dausa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jinshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Malemba-Nkulu and Jinshan both became progressively more disconnected, while Dausa fluctuated in connectivity. Malemba-Nkulu and Jinshan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.