Businga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Businga in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BusingaNord-Ubangi (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 Businga plotted against Nord-Ubangi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Businga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.5 to 6.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Businga ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Nord-Ubangi and 125th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.48
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
146th of 186
Rank in Nord-Ubangi
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
125th of 186
Rank in Nord-Ubangi
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BusingaHaiyouSongshan

In new street additions, Businga and Songshan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Haiyou built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Businga had a more connected network than Songshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.