Kinzao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kinzao in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KinzaoKongo-Central (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 Kinzao plotted against Kongo-Central and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kinzao rose steadily, compared to Kongo-Central which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kinzao's incremental SNDi rose from 4.4 to 4.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kinzao ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Kongo-Central and 72nd out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.8
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
114th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
11th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
72nd of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
4th of 15

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
KinzaoSahaspurJijel

In new street additions, Kinzao and Jijel both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sahaspur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kinzao and Jijel both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahaspur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kinzao and Jijel have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.