Kisantu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kisantu in context

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KisantuKongo-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 Kisantu plotted against Kongo-Central and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kisantu 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, Kisantu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kisantu ranked 3rd out of 15 cities in Kongo-Central and 49th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
38th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
2nd of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
49th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
3rd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KisantuJequieKanlipinar

While Jequié and Kanlıpınar both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kisantu built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Kisantu and Jequié both became progressively more disconnected, while Kanlıpınar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kisantu had a more connected network than Jequié in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.