Kabinda 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 Kabinda plotted against Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kabinda was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Lomami which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kabinda's incremental SNDi rose from 5.91 to 6.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabinda ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Lomami and 155th 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?

• Taiping, Malaysia
• Arifwala, Pakistan
• Nangang Industrial Zone, China
• Pattaya, Thailand
• Hadejia, Nigeria
• Roquetas de Mar, Spain

In new street additions, Kabinda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Taiping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pattaya built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Taiping and Pattaya both became progressively more disconnected, while Kabinda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kabinda had a more sprawly network than Pattaya in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.