Masisi 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 Masisi plotted against Nord-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Masisi peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Masisi's incremental SNDi fell from 9.66 to 8.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masisi ranked 14th out of 16 cities in Nord-Kivu and 179th 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?

• Humayupur, India
• Yongxin County, China
• Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
• Oudtshoorn, South Africa
• Horinger, China
• Dori, Burkina Faso

In new street additions, Masisi and Humayupur both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Oudtshoorn built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Masisi and Humayupur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.