Busia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Busia in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BusiaKenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Busia plotted against Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Busia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Kenya rose steadily. Most recently, Busia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Busia ranked 11th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in Kenya
14th of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Kenya
11th of 45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BusiaKamanWulong

In new street additions, Busia and Wulong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kaman built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Busia became progressively more disconnected, while Kaman became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Wulong fluctuated in connectivity. Busia and Kaman have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.