Kisenge 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 Kisenge plotted against Lualaba and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kisenge rose steadily, compared to Lualaba which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kisenge's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kisenge ranked 2nd out of 11 cities in Lualaba and 31st 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?

• N'zeto, Angola
• Ibamba, Tanzania
• Tshibinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Zarand, Iran
• Manaure, Colombia
• Tanjung Piayu, Indonesia

In new street additions, Kisenge and N'zeto both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zarand built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kisenge and N'zeto both became progressively more disconnected, while Zarand grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kisenge and Zarand have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.