Yata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yata in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YataTshopo (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 Yata plotted against Tshopo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Yata rose steadily, compared to Tshopo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yata's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 6.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yata ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Tshopo and 131st out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.61
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
147th of 186
Rank in Tshopo
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
131st of 186
Rank in Tshopo
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YataTonekabonKeighley

Yata, Tonekabon, and Keighley all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Yata had a more connected network than Keighley in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.