Kanyabayonga 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 Kanyabayonga plotted against Nord-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kanyabayonga rose steadily, compared to Nord-Kivu 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, Kanyabayonga's incremental SNDi rose from 6.98 to 9.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanyabayonga ranked 13th out of 16 cities in Nord-Kivu and 175th 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?

• خان آباد, Afghanistan
• Bagé, Brazil
• Lanka, India
• Pukchang, North Korea
• Andria, Italy
• Pingyuan, China

In new street additions, Kanyabayonga and خان آباد both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pukchang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kanyabayonga and خان آباد both became progressively more disconnected, while Pukchang became progressively more connected. Notably, Kanyabayonga had a more connected network than Pukchang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.