Matadi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Matadi in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MatadiKongo-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 Matadi plotted against Kongo-Central and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Kongo-Central and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Matadi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Matadi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.92 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matadi ranked 15th out of 15 cities in Kongo-Central and 150th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.76
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
131st of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
14th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.73
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
150th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
15th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MatadiWonosoboNajibabad

In new street additions, Matadi and Najibabad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wonosobo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Matadi had a more sprawly network than Wonosobo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.