Sake 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 Sake plotted against Nord-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Sake was at its lowest 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, Sake's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 7.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sake ranked 7th out of 16 cities in Nord-Kivu and 107th 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?

• Bolo, Nigeria
• Chingo, Angola
• Sido Dadi, Indonesia
• Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah, Egypt
• Jena, Germany
• Tracy, United States

In new street additions, Sake built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bolo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sake became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Bolo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Al Manshiyah al Qibliyah became progressively more disconnected. Sake and Bolo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.