Mutombo-Lamata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mutombo-Lamata in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mutombo-LamataKasai (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 Mutombo-Lamata plotted against Kasaï and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mutombo-Lamata's incremental SNDi rose from 4.36 to 10.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mutombo-Lamata ranked 10th out of 10 cities in Kasaï and 178th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.84
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
171st of 186
Rank in Kasaï
8th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.04
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
178th of 186
Rank in Kasaï
10th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mutombo-LamataDidimBreves

In new street additions, Mutombo-Lamata and Breves both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Didim built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mutombo-Lamata and Breves both became progressively more disconnected, while Didim grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mutombo-Lamata and Didim have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.