Kingombe 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 Kingombe plotted against Maniema and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kingombe rose steadily, compared to Maniema 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, Kingombe's incremental SNDi rose from 10.2 to 14.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kingombe ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Maniema and 184th 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?

• Jainagar, India
• Yangtian, China
• Suide, China
• Wudu, China
• Kuala Tungkal, Indonesia
• Bonao, Dominican Republic

In new street additions, Kingombe built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jainagar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wudu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kingombe and Jainagar both became progressively more disconnected, while Wudu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kingombe and Jainagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.