Lingi 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 Lingi plotted against Ituri and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Lingi was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Ituri which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lingi's incremental SNDi rose from 14.21 to 16.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingi ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Ituri and 186th 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?

• Çankırı, Turkey
• Xihua, China
• Deroua, Morocco
• Jogbani, India
• Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
• Dayr al Barsha, Egypt

In new street additions, Lingi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Çankırı fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jogbani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lingi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Çankırı fluctuated in connectivity and Jogbani grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lingi and Çankırı have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.