Embu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Embu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Embu plotted against Kenya. Both Embu and Kenya follow the same trend. Most recently, Embu's incremental SNDi rose from 5.99 to 6.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Embu ranked 37th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.23
- Rank in Kenya
- 35th of 45
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.85
- Rank in Kenya
- 37th of 45
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Churachandpur, India
- Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia
- Huaiyuan, China
- Yong'an, China
- Shunan, Japan
- Gujar Khan, Pakistan
In new street additions, Embu and Churachandpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yong'an built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Embu and Churachandpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Yong'an became progressively more connected. Notably, Embu had a more connected network than Yong'an in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.