Kipese in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kipese in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KipeseNord-Kivu (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 Kipese plotted against Nord-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kipese 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, Kipese's incremental SNDi rose from 3.63 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kipese ranked 8th out of 16 cities in Nord-Kivu and 112th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.5
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
103rd of 186
Rank in Nord-Kivu
8th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.55
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
112th of 186
Rank in Nord-Kivu
8th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KipeseSariagasRetalhuleu

In new street additions, Kipese and Retalhuleu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sarıağaş built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kipese and Retalhuleu both became progressively more disconnected, while Sarıağaş grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kipese had a more sprawly network than Retalhuleu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.