Biakato in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Biakato in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BiakatoIturi (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 Biakato plotted against Ituri and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Ituri and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Biakato's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Biakato's incremental SNDi rose from 4.18 to 6.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Biakato ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Ituri and 167th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.29
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
143rd of 186
Rank in Ituri
7th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.79
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
167th of 186
Rank in Ituri
7th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BiakatoMuhajiriyahBardarash

In new street additions, Biakato and Bardarash both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Muhajiriyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Biakato fluctuated in connectivity, while Muhajiriyah fluctuated in connectivity and Bardarash became progressively more disconnected. Biakato and Bardarash have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.