Bena Muganda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bena Muganda plotted against Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Bena Muganda followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Lomami which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bena Muganda's incremental SNDi fell from 1.64 to 1.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bena Muganda ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Lomami and 1st out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sahiwal, Pakistan
• Pejë, Kosovo
• White Settlement, United States
• Kambia, Sierra Leone
• Suphan Buri, Thailand
• Zhaogezhuang, China

In new street additions, Bena Muganda and Sahiwal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kambia built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bena Muganda fluctuated in connectivity, while Sahiwal became progressively more connected and Kambia became progressively more disconnected. Bena Muganda and Kambia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.