Gungu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gungu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gungu plotted against Kwilu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Gungu rose steadily, 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, Gungu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.55 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gungu ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Kwilu and 9th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.51
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 30th of 186
- Rank in Kwilu
- 4th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.34
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 9th of 186
- Rank in Kwilu
- 1st of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gungu and Anjar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sohar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gungu and Anjar both became progressively more disconnected, while Sohar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gungu and Anjar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.