Kabeya-Kamuanga 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 Kabeya-Kamuanga plotted against Kasaï-Oriental and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kabeya-Kamuanga was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Kasaï-Oriental which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kabeya-Kamuanga's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabeya-Kamuanga ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Kasaï-Oriental and 11th 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?

• Kenar Fatehpur, India
• Petaluma, United States
• Ampana, Indonesia
• Obiozara, Nigeria
• Ruyuan, China
• Diégonéfla, Côte d'Ivoire

In new street additions, Kabeya-Kamuanga and Kenar Fatehpur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Obiozara built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kabeya-Kamuanga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kenar Fatehpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Obiozara became progressively more disconnected.