Dibaya-Lubwe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dibaya-Lubwe in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dibaya-LubweKwilu (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 Dibaya-Lubwe plotted against Kwilu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Kwilu and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Dibaya-Lubwe's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dibaya-Lubwe's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 2.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dibaya-Lubwe ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Kwilu and 74th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
26th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
74th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
6th of 7

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
Dibaya-LubweDekeseTulcan

Dibaya-Lubwe, Dekese, and Tulcán all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Dibaya-Lubwe and Dekese both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tulcán became progressively more disconnected. Dibaya-Lubwe and Dekese have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.