Dadaab in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dadaab in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dadaab plotted against Garissa and Kenya. While Garissa and Kenya both rose steadily, Dadaab's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Dadaab's incremental SNDi rose from 7.81 to 8.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dadaab ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Garissa and 44th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.51
- Rank in Kenya
- 41st of 45
- Rank in Garissa
- 6th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.8
- Rank in Kenya
- 44th of 45
- Rank in Garissa
- 6th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dadaab built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while May Pen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Anping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dadaab and Anping both became progressively more disconnected, while May Pen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Dadaab and May Pen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.