Bandundu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bandundu in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandunduKwilu (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 Bandundu plotted against Kwilu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Bandundu peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kwilu which peaked in 1991-2005 and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bandundu's incremental SNDi fell from 2.85 to 2.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bandundu ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Kwilu and 16th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
27th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.71
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
16th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandunduTunjaTokchon

In new street additions, Bandundu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tunja built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tokchon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bandundu and Tunja both became progressively more disconnected, while Tokchon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.