Kamonia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kamonia in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KamoniaKasai (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 Kamonia plotted against Kasaï and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kamonia peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kasaï which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kamonia's incremental SNDi fell from 9.04 to 3.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamonia ranked 7th out of 10 cities in Kasaï and 137th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
90th of 186
Rank in Kasaï
3rd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.23
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
137th of 186
Rank in Kasaï
7th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KamoniaTanjung SelorDachen town

In new street additions, Kamonia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tanjung Selor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dachen town built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kamonia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tanjung Selor fluctuated in connectivity and Dachen town became progressively more disconnected. Kamonia and Tanjung Selor have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.