Bungoma in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bungoma in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bungoma plotted against Kenya. Both Bungoma and Kenya follow the same trend. Most recently, Bungoma's incremental SNDi rose from 6.32 to 7.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bungoma ranked 35th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.12
- Rank in Kenya
- 39th of 45
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.78
- Rank in Kenya
- 35th of 45
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guangchang, China
- Murtijapur, India
- Polomolok, Philippines
- Chun'an County, China
- Mboloko, South Africa
- Viramgam, India
In new street additions, Bungoma and Chun'an County both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Guangchang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bungoma and Chun'an County both became progressively more disconnected, while Guangchang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bungoma had a more sprawly network than Chun'an County in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.