Kamanyola 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 Kamanyola plotted against Sud-Kivu and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Kamanyola rose steadily, 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, Kamanyola's incremental SNDi rose from 3.64 to 9.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamanyola ranked 1st out of 12 cities in Sud-Kivu and 42nd 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?

• Boli, China
• Calais, France
• Eastleigh, United Kingdom
• Włocławek, Poland
• Chonnae, North Korea
• Sheohar, India

In new street additions, Kamanyola and Boli both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Włocławek fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kamanyola and Włocławek both became progressively more disconnected, while Boli became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Kamanyola had a more connected network than Włocławek in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.