Brabanta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brabanta in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrabantaMai-Ndombe (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 Brabanta plotted against Mai-Ndombe and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Brabanta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.68 to 3.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brabanta ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Mai-Ndombe and 86th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
62nd of 186
Rank in Mai-Ndombe
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
86th of 186
Rank in Mai-Ndombe
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrabantaLoeiQuininde

In new street additions, Brabanta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Loei built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Quinindé built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Brabanta fluctuated in connectivity, while Loei became progressively more disconnected and Quinindé grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Brabanta had a more connected network than Quinindé in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.