Binga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Binga in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BingaMongala (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 Binga plotted against Mongala and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Mongala and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Binga's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Binga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Binga ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Mongala and 27th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
20th of 186
Rank in Mongala
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
27th of 186
Rank in Mongala
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BingaAlexandrovThippanampatti

In new street additions, Binga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Alexandrov built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Thippanampatti built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Binga and Alexandrov have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.