Budjala 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 Budjala plotted against Sud-Ubangi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Sud-Ubangi and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Budjala's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Budjala's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Budjala ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Sud-Ubangi and 57th 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?

• Qurghontepa, Uzbekistan
• Séguéla, Côte d'Ivoire
• Jawkatia, India
• Balugaon, India
• Ain Fakroun, Algeria
• Libertador General San Martín, Argentina

In new street additions, Budjala and Balugaon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Qurghontepa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Budjala and Balugaon both fluctuated in connectivity, while Qurghontepa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Budjala and Qurghontepa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.