Kikwit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kikwit in context

2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KikwitKwilu (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 Kikwit 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, Kikwit's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kikwit's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kikwit ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Kwilu and 101st out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
68th of 186
Rank in Kwilu
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
101st of 186
Rank in Kwilu
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KikwitNantesLongquanyi

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