Kibombo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kibombo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kibombo plotted against Maniema and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kibombo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.99 to 5.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kibombo ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Maniema and 148th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.01
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 121st of 186
- Rank in Maniema
- 2nd of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.62
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 148th of 186
- Rank in Maniema
- 3rd of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Agbaku, Nigeria
- Dagang, China
- Safdarabad, Pakistan
- Djamaa, Algeria
- Vinces, Ecuador
- Primavera do Leste, Brazil
Kibombo, Agbaku, and Djamaa all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Kibombo and Djamaa both became progressively more disconnected, while Agbaku fluctuated in connectivity. Kibombo and Agbaku have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.