Mwene-Ditu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mwene-Ditu in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mwene-DituLomami (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 Mwene-Ditu plotted against Lomami and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Mwene-Ditu rose steadily, compared to Lomami which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mwene-Ditu's incremental SNDi rose from 5.79 to 7.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mwene-Ditu ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Lomami and 130th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.62
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
158th of 186
Rank in Lomami
7th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
130th of 186
Rank in Lomami
5th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mwene-DituMisrataIpatinga

While Misrata and Ipatinga both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Mwene-Ditu built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.