Nyunzu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nyunzu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nyunzu plotted against Tanganyika and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Nyunzu peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tanganyika which peaked in 1991-2005 and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nyunzu's incremental SNDi fell from 2.89 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nyunzu ranked 1st out of 10 cities in Tanganyika and 26th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.43
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 28th of 186
- Rank in Tanganyika
- 2nd of 10
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.01
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 26th of 186
- Rank in Tanganyika
- 1st of 10
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Heemskerk, Netherlands
- Sittwe, Myanmar
- Doncaster, United Kingdom
- Gafargaon, Bangladesh
- Bindki, India
- Haojiang, China
In new street additions, Nyunzu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Heemskerk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gafargaon built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nyunzu became progressively more disconnected, while Heemskerk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gafargaon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Nyunzu and Heemskerk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.