Baraka in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baraka in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarakaSud-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 Baraka plotted against Sud-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Baraka followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Sud-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, Baraka's incremental SNDi fell from 2.68 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baraka ranked 2nd out of 12 cities in Sud-Kivu and 63rd out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
31st of 186
Rank in Sud-Kivu
1st of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
63rd of 186
Rank in Sud-Kivu
2nd of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarakaSloughYongji

While Slough and Yongji both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Baraka fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Baraka and Slough both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yongji grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Baraka and Yongji have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.