Punia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Punia in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PuniaManiema (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 Punia plotted against Maniema and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Punia peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Punia's incremental SNDi fell from 6.77 to 5.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Punia ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Maniema and 154th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.89
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
133rd of 186
Rank in Maniema
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.0
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
154th of 186
Rank in Maniema
5th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PuniaChelmsfordDhunat

In new street additions, Punia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chelmsford fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dhunat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Punia and Dhunat both became progressively more disconnected, while Chelmsford grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Punia had a more connected network than Chelmsford in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.