Bwamanda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bwamanda in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BwamandaSud-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 Bwamanda plotted against Sud-Ubangi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Bwamanda followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Sud-Ubangi which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Bwamanda ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Sud-Ubangi and 176th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.28
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
176th of 186
Rank in Sud-Ubangi
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BwamandaGushieguLivingston

While Gushiegu and Livingston both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Bwamanda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Gushiegu and Livingston both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bwamanda became progressively more disconnected.