Idiofa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Idiofa in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IdiofaKwilu (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 Idiofa plotted against Kwilu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Idiofa 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, Idiofa's incremental SNDi fell from 3.87 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Idiofa ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Kwilu and 58th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
74th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
58th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IdiofaKothagudemSeohara

In new street additions, Idiofa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kothagudem fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Seohara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Idiofa and Kothagudem both became progressively more disconnected, while Seohara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Idiofa and Kothagudem have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.