Kisangani in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kisangani in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kisangani 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, Kisangani's incremental SNDi rose from 5.22 to 5.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kisangani ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Tshopo and 145th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.59
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 128th of 186
- Rank in Tshopo
- 2nd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.53
- Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 145th of 186
- Rank in Tshopo
- 4th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kisangani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nampula built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Palermo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kisangani and Nampula have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.