Kindia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kindia in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KindiaGuinea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kindia plotted against Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Kindia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Guinea rose steadily. Most recently, Kindia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.94 to 7.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kindia ranked 22nd out of 24 in Guinea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.69
Rank in Guinea
22nd of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Guinea
22nd of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KindiaLe HavreBitung

In new street additions, Kindia and Bitung both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Le Havre built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kindia had a more connected network than Bitung in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.