Kitsombiro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kitsombiro in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KitsombiroNord-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 Kitsombiro plotted against Nord-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kitsombiro was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Kitsombiro's incremental SNDi rose from 4.15 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kitsombiro ranked 10th out of 16 cities in Nord-Kivu and 133rd out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
98th of 186
Rank in Nord-Kivu
7th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
133rd of 186
Rank in Nord-Kivu
10th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KitsombiroBodrumGangoh

Kitsombiro, Bodrum, and Gangoh all built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Kitsombiro and Bodrum both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gangoh became progressively more connected. Kitsombiro and Bodrum have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.