Moanda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Moanda in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoandaKongo-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 Moanda plotted against Kongo-Central and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Moanda 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, Moanda's incremental SNDi rose from 1.47 to 1.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moanda ranked 1st out of 15 cities in Kongo-Central and 10th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.52
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
10th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.39
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
10th of 186
Rank in Kongo-Central
1st of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoandaAraucaJoliet

In new street additions, Moanda and Joliet both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arauca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Moanda and Arauca have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.