Ifo Refugee Camp in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ifo Refugee Camp in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ifo Refugee CampGarissa (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ifo Refugee Camp plotted against Garissa and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Ifo Refugee Camp peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Garissa which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Ifo Refugee Camp's incremental SNDi fell from 1.65 to 1.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ifo Refugee Camp ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Garissa and 1st out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.03
Rank in Kenya
1st of 45
Rank in Garissa
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.49
Rank in Kenya
1st of 45
Rank in Garissa
1st of 6

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
Ifo Refugee CampLibengeTayabas

In new street additions, Ifo Refugee Camp built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Libenge fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tayabas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ifo Refugee Camp grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Libenge became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Tayabas became progressively more disconnected. Ifo Refugee Camp and Tayabas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.