Banalia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banalia in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanaliaTshopo (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 Banalia plotted against Tshopo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Banalia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 6.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banalia ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Tshopo and 174th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.94
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
153rd of 186
Rank in Tshopo
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.95
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
174th of 186
Rank in Tshopo
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanaliaYaypanCarmel Commons

In new street additions, Banalia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yaypan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Carmel Commons built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Yaypan and Carmel Commons both became progressively more disconnected, while Banalia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Banalia had a more connected network than Carmel Commons in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.